A DISCUSSION ON THE USE OF MUSCLE STRETCH IN RE-EDUCATION1 1Received December, 1965

Application of the physiological principles of muscle stretch for facilitatory and inhibitory purposes has formed a major part of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques of Dr. Herman Kabat and Margaret Knott (Kabat, 1947; Knott and Voss, 1956), and is also used by many other workers. One of the most accurate interpretations of this physiological knowledge has been made by Professor Margaret S. Rood, of the University of Southern California (Rood, 1964), and in this paper I will describe her work along with certain other fundamental considerations