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Table 6 Summary of the MET protocols applied in symptomatic patients

From: The efficacy of muscle energy techniques in symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects: a systematic review

Author

Repetitions (n)

Contraction time (s)

Contraction force

Relaxation phase (s)

Stretch (s)

Bindra [10]

4 to 6

8 to 10

25%

2–3

none

Cassidy et al. [14]

4

5

n/a

n/a

n/a

Kamali et al. [35]

5

5 to 7

25%

0

none

Küçükşen et al. [17]

5

5

75%

5

none

Nagrale et al. [38]

3 to 5

7 to 10

20%

2–3

30

Oliveira-Campelo et al. [39]

3 to 5

5

25%

5

none

Phadke et al. [13]

5

7 to 10

20%

n/a

20

Sadria et al. [12]

4

7 to 10

20%

3

30

Sakshi et al. [40]

3

7 to 10

Mild effort

n/a

none

Selkow et al. [7]

4

5

n/a

5

none

Tanwar et al. [42]

3

7 to 10

20%

3

30

Ulger et al. [9]

Until necessary

8

30%

n/a

none

Wilson et al. [8]

4

5

n/a

n/a

none

Yeganeh Lari et al. [11]

3 to 5

7 to 10

20%

2–3

30

Median

4

8

20%

3

30