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

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

José Afonso  1 , Jesús Olivares-Jabalera  2   3 , Renato Andrade  4   5   6
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Time to Move From Mandatory Stretching? We Need to Differentiate "Can I?" From "Do I Have To?"

José Afonso et al. Front Physiol. .
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Keywords: cool-down; exercise prescription; injury prevention; range of motion; stretching; warm-up.

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