Warm-Up for exercise
A List of Warm-Up Exercises
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First published: 08.Jan.2019
Getting ready for exercise: Warming up
Warm-ups help increase blood flow to the muscles, raise muscle temperature, and helps to reduce the risk of injuries to tendons, joints, and muscles.
Below we describe a simple warm-up routine that will get you ready for your physical activity in only six minutes.
References and Further Reading
(1) Soligard T et al., (2010). Compliance with a comprehensive warm-up programme to prevent injuries in youth football. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Sep;44(11):787-93. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.070672. Epub 2010 Jun 15
(2) Shitara H, Yamamoto A, Shimoyama D, et al. (2017). Shoulder Stretching Intervention Reduces the Incidence of Shoulder and Elbow Injuries in High School Baseball Players: a Time-to-Event Analysis. Sci Rep. 2017;7:45304. Published 2017 Mar 27. doi:10.1038/srep45304
(3) Fradkin A J, Gabbe B J, Cameron P A., (2006). Does warming up prevent injury in sport: the evidence from randomised controlled trials?. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2006; 9(3): 214-220
(4) Zmijewski P, Lipinska P, Czajkowska A, Mroz A, Kapuscinski P, Mazurek K. (2020), Acute Effects of a Static Vs. a Dynamic Stretching Warm-up on Repeated-Sprint Performance in Female Handball Players. J Hum Kinet. 2020 Mar 31;72:161-172. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2019-0043. PMID: 32269657
(5) Page P., (2012). Current concepts in muscle stretching for exercise and rehabilitation. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2012;7(1):109-19
(6) Afonso, J., Brito, J., Abade, E. et al. (2024). Revisiting the 'Whys' and 'Hows' of the Warm-Up: Are We Asking the Right Questions?. Sports Med 54, 23–30 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01908-y
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Warm-Up for exercise, A. Whittall
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