Effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching in relieving pain and balancing knee loading during stepping over obstacles among older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial

• Bo Gao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

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• Li Li,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5902-9762

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• Peixin Shen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliations School of Sport Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China, College of Sports and Health, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, China

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• Zhipeng Zhou,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Sports and Health, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, China

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• Peiming Xu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Enterprise Technology Centre, Taishan Sports Industry Group, Leling, China

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• Wei Sun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Sports and Health, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, China

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• Cui Zhang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biomechanics, Shandong Institute of Sport Science, Jinan, China

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• Qipeng Song

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: songqipeng@163.com

  Affiliation College of Sports and Health, Shandong Sport University, Jinan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4103-9193

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