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
Ian Shrier
Reviews decades of trials on pre-exercise stretching and finds no consistent evidence it prevents injury, and some evidence acute static stretching reduces the very performance it is meant to protect.
David G. Behm, Anthony J. Blazevich, Anthony D. Kay & Malachy McHugh
Pools the trial evidence on pre-exercise stretching and concludes long-duration static stretching modestly reduces power and speed while giving no clear injury-prevention benefit, overturning routine gym-floor advice.
link checked 17 Sept 2026