#4 Refine Your Research Topic/Question/Problem

The problem for my research topic is if stretching prevents injuries. My hypothesis would be that as stretching increases, injuries will decrease. There are many factors that can throw off the experiment and result in biased information. These factors include: compliance, flexibility of the participant, and if the participant has had any other injury before. Also, if the participant participates in a sport that is vigorously involved in contact like football, lacrosse, or rugby for example, the participant could be more exposed to injury that has nothing to do with if the athlete stretched or not. There will have to be controls to measure whether or not stretching will prevent injury or not, and these include they types of stretches the participants execute, the length of time being applied to the stretches, and the age of the participants.