| Paper title: |
STRETCHING AND ITS BENEFITS |
| DOI: | . |
| Published in: | Volume II issue 2/ 2009 |
| Publishing date: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 88-91 |
| Author(s): |
TEŞU Adrian |
| Abstract. | Stretching, one of the most effective ways of improving muscular elasticity and increasing contraction strength, acts especially on the active elements of the locomotor apparatus – muscles - and less on passive elements - tendons, ligaments, bones. Used both in warming up as well as post effort recovery, stretching exercises have several objectives: • increasing muscular elasticity; • improving joint mobility; • activating some muscular groups that tend to shorten their length in case of long-term effort. |
| Keywords: | stretching, warming-up, recovery, injury prevention. |
| References: |
1. Anderson, Bob, Stretching, CNEFS, Bucuresti, 1988 2. Alter, Michael, Science of flexibility, 3. Appleton, Bradford D., Stretching and flexibility 4. www.sfatulmedicului.ro 5. www.sport-fitness-advisor.ro 6. www.didactic.ro |
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