What we do not know about stretching in healthy athletes: a sco** review with evidence gap map from 300 trials

J Afonso, R Andrade, S Rocha-Rodrigues… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Stretching has garnered significant attention in sports sciences, resulting in
numerous studies. However, there is no comprehensive overview on investigation of …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on stretching practices in women and men from various sports or physical activity programs

N Babault, G Rodot, M Champelovier… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recommendations for prescribing stretching exercises are regularly updated. It appears that
coaches progressively follow the published guidelines, but the real stretching practices of …

Comparative efficacy of active recovery and cold water immersion as post-match recovery interventions in elite youth soccer

S Pooley, O Spendiff, M Allen, HJ Moir - Journal of sports sciences, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The current study compared cold-water immersion (CWI) and active recovery (AR) to static
stretching (SS) on muscle recovery post-competitive soccer matches in elite youth players …

The effectiveness of two comprehensive recovery protocols on performance and physiological measures in elite soccer players: A parallel group-randomized trial

A Altarriba-Bartes, J Vicens-Bordas… - … Journal of Sports …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Elite soccer players consistently report using several recovery methods after practices and
games. However, it is unclear how their subsequent performance could be enhanced using …

[HTML][HTML] The recovery umbrella in the world of elite sport: do not forget the coaching and performance staff

J Calleja-González, SP Bird, T Huyghe, I Jukic… - Sports, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Recovery Umbrella in the World of Elite Sport: Do Not Forget the Coaching and
Performance Staff Next Article in Journal Training Management of the Elite Adolescent …

Post-exercise recovery methods focus on young soccer players: a systematic review

J Calleja-González, J Mielgo-Ayuso… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Prescription of post-match or post-training recovery strategies in young soccer
players is a key point to optimize soccer performance. Considering that the effectiveness of …

Determining the capacity for effort and recovery of the elite soccer players specialized in different playing positions

L Mihailescu, PB Chiriac, LE Mihailescu, V Manolachi… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background The capacity for effort and recovery in performance sports can be increased by
means of modern methodological strategies. This capacity to recover after intense matches …

Practical postexercise recovery strategies in male adult professional soccer players: a systematic review

J Ribeiro, H Sarmento, AF Silva… - Strength & Conditioning …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this article was to systematically review and provide practical recommendations,
where possible, for recovery strategies that are currently in use in soccer-specific practices …

Effect of Active Dynamic Versus Passive Static Stretching on Hamstring Muscle Tightness in Healthy Female Students: A Randomized Trial Study

M Heshmatipour, A Esfandiari, M Kazemi Naeini… - Hospital Practices and …, 2019 - jhpr.ir
Background: For decades, static stretching has been the standard benchmark for training
programs, because it has been shown to increase flexibility compared with other methods of …

Measuring, monitoring, and improving sleep variables: its application to professional football players

L Edinborough, J Hill, S Bruce-Low, M Jarvis, C Pedlar - 2024 - research.stmarys.ac.uk
After several papers reported that Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) can improve objective
and subjective markers of sleep, supported by anecdotal reports of post-exposure …