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What is Stretching?
Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. The result is a feeling of increased muscle control, flexibility and range of motion.
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42 patients in the community are doing or have done Stretching.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Stiffness/Spasticity | 25 | 59% |
| Fingers curl | 4 | 9% |
| General health | 3 | 7% |
| Mobility | 3 | 7% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | 2% |
How long current patients have been doing Stretching or how long patients were doing Stretching before stopping.
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 1 | 100% |
Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
| Major | 50% | 1 |
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| Slight | 50% | 1 |
Mobility
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 43% | 3 |
| None | 57% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: Muscle soreness, Pain, Fatigue
Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Report created on November 08, 2009.