Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) are common in a number of sports and incidence rates have
not declined in recent times. Additionally, the high rate of recurrent injuries suggests that our …

Background Although performance of the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) has been shown
to elicit adaptations that may reduce hamstring strain injury (HSI) risk and occurrence …

Recent literature supports the importance of horizontal ground reaction force (GRF)
production for sprint acceleration performance. Modeling and clinical studies have shown …

Objective To closely describe the injury inciting events of acute hamstring injuries in
professional male football (soccer) using systematic video analysis. Methods Video footage …

Background: The incidence of acute hamstring injuries is high in several sports, including
the different forms of football. Purpose: The authors investigated the preventive effect of …

Humans run faster by increasing a combination of stride length and stride frequency. In slow
and medium-paced running, stride length is increased by exerting larger support forces …

Injuries in football exert negative impacts on team performance 1 and club finance. 2
Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are consistently the most prevalent time loss injury in football …

Hamstring strain injuries remain a challenge for both athletes and clinicians, given their high
incidence rate, slow healing, and persistent symptoms. Moreover, nearly one third of these …

Purpose: To analyze the effect of an eccentric-overload training program (ie, half-squat and
leg-curl exercises using flywheel ergometers) with individualized load on muscle-injury …

ABSTRACT SCHACHE, AG, TW DORN, PD BLANCH, NAT BROWN, and MG PANDY.
Mechanics of the Human Hamstring Muscles during Sprinting. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol …