Delphi Consensus Stretching Recommendations for Healthy Populations (IMAGE)
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International expert consensus on evidence-based stretching applications for healthy individuals across eight topics: range of motion improvement, stiffness reduction, warm-up preparation, injury prevention, post-exercise recovery (delayed onset muscle soreness), strength/hypertrophy, muscular imbalance correction, and vascular health. Optimal durations shown include 60s per muscle group for warm-ups and 3×120s static/PNF for chronic flexibility gains; limitations noted where evidence is insufficient
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Journal of Sport and Health Science
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