ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021
Time to Move From Mandatory Stretching? We Need to Differentiate "Can I?" From "Do I Have To?"
Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acute Effects of Various Stretching Techniques on Range of Motion: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- Resistance Training Induces Improvements in Range of Motion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Acute effects of flossing band application on hamstring muscle mechanical properties and stretch tolerance: a randomized controlled crossover trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: Disentangling the Concepts of Range of Motion Versus Flexibility, and Flexibility Training Versus Stretching.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- What are the neurological, neurovascular, and psychological responses to stretching across the general population?European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- What We Do Not Know About Stretching in Healthy Athletes: A Scoping Review with Evidence Gap Map from 300 Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Alternative Flexibility Training.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
- Stretching for Recovery from Groin Pain or Injury in Athletes: A Critical and Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
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Abstract
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