Health, Fitness & Human Performance · Mobility, Recovery & Injury
A topic within Mobility, Recovery & Injury, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Health, Fitness & Human Performance.
2 works
Phil Page
Surveys the physiology and typology of stretching and argues that different goals — acute range of motion, chronic flexibility gain, injury risk — call for different stretching methods rather than one universal routine.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Eline van der Kruk (The Royal Institution)
Uses biomechanical modelling to show that everyday movements like rising from a chair sit close to the limit of what joints and muscles can produce, which is why small losses of capacity have large consequences with age.
link checked 17 Sept 2026