facilitation
(fă-sil‵ĭ-tā'shŏn 
)
[L. facilitas, stem facilitat-, ease]
- The hastening of an action or process.
- In neuromuscular rehabilitation, any of the various techniques that elicit muscular contraction through reflex activation.
autogenic f.Inhibiting the muscle that generated a stimulus while providing an excitatory impulse to the antagonist muscle.
proprioceptive neuromuscular f.
ABBR: PNF
An approach to therapeutic exercise directed at relaxing muscles, increasing joint range of motion, and regaining function by using rotational-diagonal patterns of movement. These patterns replicate normal patterns of movement and are more functional than exercises limited to the cardinal planes. PNF uses a developmental sequence of mobility, stability, controlled mobility, and skill; it emphasizes precision in patient position, manual contacts, verbal cueing, and timing.