Asil, Aliakbar
Nazari, Jalil
Gilani, Neda
Khabbazi, Melika
Oskouei, Ali E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (72400)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2025
Accepted: 3 August 2026
First Online: 10 August 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Ref. No. IR.TBZMED.REC.1402.504) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation.
Consent for publication: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation in the study, including consent for photography and video recording during the performance and receipt of the stretching techniques. In addition, written informed consent for publication of the anonymized photographs presented in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 was obtained from all participants.