Fig. 1

Schematic representation of recruitment and assessment procedures. The left panel shows the recruitment procedures, assessment for eligibility and allocation to intervention groups. The right panel shows the time course of the assessment procedures for each session. W1: Week 1 (control measurements); W2,3,4: Weeks 2, 3 and 4 (subsequent evaluations, intervention measurements); T0: baseline evaluation; T1: post intervention or post-15 m rest evaluation; T2: evaluation after 15 m-rest post T1; SS: static stretching; PNF: proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation; PTR: positional transversal release