TY - JOUR T1 - Stretching before or after exercise does not reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1249 LP - 1250 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090599 VL - 45 IS - 15 AU - Nicholas Henschke AU - C Christine Lin Y1 - 2011/12/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/15/1249.abstract N2 - ▶ Herbert RD, de Noronha M, Kamper SJ. Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011;7:CD0045771. One reason for stretching before or after exercise is to reduce the risk of soreness after exercise.1 Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) typically arises within the first day after exercise and peaks in intensity at around 48 h.2 This review is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2007.3 A large randomised trial (2377 participants) of both pre and postexercise stretching has been published since then.4 Our aim was to determine the effect of stretching before or after exercise on the development of postexercise muscle soreness. The methodology followed those recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration. Electronic databases (the Cochrane Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group Specialised Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus and PEDro), the WHO clinical trials registry and reference lists were searched from the earliest dates until February 2010. The search terms consisted of variations of the terms ‘stretch’ or ‘warm-up’ combined with variations of the phrase ‘muscle … ER -