• Dr. Seema Saini
• Dr. Tushar J Palekar
• Dr. Shweta Pachpute
• Dr. Sanober Shaikh

Background : Static stretching is a common technique used to improve muscle length and has been widely used in improving hamstring muscle length. Awareness Through Movement is an intervention developed by Moshé Feldenkrais and is shown to improve muscle length. Finding the best method to improve length of hamstring muscle is important for athletes and individuals to reduce the injuries associated with it. Subjects: 60 subjects were randomly assigned to awareness through movement and static stretching group. The subjects were selected by inclusion criteria and randomly divided equally in to two with 30 subjects in each group .Method: The static stretching group and awareness through movement group both underwent an exercise which was specific in improving hamstring length. The hamstring length was measured before and after treatment using active knee extension test. Result: In static stretching and awareness through movement group, pre-post statistical analysis found significant effect in increase of hamstring length with p<0.0001, for right and left side. Comparative study between static stretching group and awareness through movement group found that static stretching exercise have significant effect in increase in hamstring length for right and left side with p=0.01. conclusion: The results suggest that static stretching and awareness through movement both are effective in improving hamstring muscle length. However static stretching was more effective in improving hamstring length as compared to awareness through movement.

Hamstring muscle, hamstring length, static stretching, awareness through movement

"SHORT TERM EFFECT OF AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT VERSUS STATIC STRETCHING OVER HAMSTRING MUSCLE LENGTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.598-601, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905888.pdf

"SHORT TERM EFFECT OF AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT VERSUS STATIC STRETCHING OVER HAMSTRING MUSCLE LENGTH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp598-601, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905888.pdf