Time to Move From Mandatory Stretching? We Need to Differentiate "Can I?" From "Do I Have To?"

Front Physiol. 2021 Jul 22:12:714166. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.714166. eCollection 2021.

José Afonso¹, Jesús Olivares-Jabalera^{2

3}, Renato Andrade^{4

5

6}

¹ Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto (FADEUP), Centre for Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Porto, Portugal.
² Sport Research Lab, Football Science Institute, Granada, Spain.
³ Department of Physical and Sports Education, Sport and Health University Research Institute (iMUDS), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
⁴ Clínica do Dragão, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre - FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Dom Henrique Research Centre, Porto, Portugal.
⁶ Porto Biomechanics Laboratory (LABIOMEP), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

No abstract available

Keywords: cool-down; exercise prescription; injury prevention; range of motion; stretching; warm-up.