Does pre-exercise static stretching inhibit maximal muscular performance? A meta-analytical review

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-148

  Simic, L ^a   Sarabon, N ^b   Markovic, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Performance; Stretch; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIME;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875579012     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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