Cochrane · systematic review · CD004577
Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise
Herbert, RD, de Noronha, M, Kamper, SJ · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2011 · Cochrane Library
Bone, Joint and Muscle TraumaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
8
current version
GRADE rated
8
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 6 · 75%Moderate 2 · 25%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Pre‐exercise stretching to prevent soreness
Population: people doing unaccustomed exercise
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Soreness on day 1 Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 70 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness, publication bias |
Soreness on day 2 Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 40 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness, publication bias |
Post‐exercise stretching for people doing unaccustomed exercise
Population: people doing unaccustomed exercise
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Soreness on day 1 Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 127 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness, publication bias |
Soreness on day 2 Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 158 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness, publication bias |
Either pre‐ or post‐exercise stretching for people doing unaccustomed exercise
Population: people doing unaccustomed exercise
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Soreness on day 1 Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 197 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness, publication bias |
Soreness on day 2 Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 198 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness, publication bias |
Both pre‐exercise and post‐exercise stretching for people doing unaccustomed exercise
Population: patients with people doing unaccustomed exercise
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Soreness in preceding week Scale from: 0 to 100. | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 2377 participants | Moderate Downgraded: imprecision |
Risk of bothersome soreness in preceding week Self‐report (yes/no) | OR 0.69 [0.59, 0.82] | 0 studies · 1 participants | Moderate |