Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Herbert, Robert D ^a   De Noronha, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Exercise; Humans; Muscle stretching exercises; Muscular diseases *prevention control ; Pain *prevention control ; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOTBALL; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SORENESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TENDERNESS; MYALGIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949206689     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004577.pub2     Document Type: Review

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