Holistic hamstring health: not just the Nordic hamstring exercise

Just a pulled hamstring?

The preventive effect of the nordic hamstring exercise on hamstring injuries in amateur soccer players: a randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Hamstring injuries are the most common muscle injuries in soccer, and they have a high rate of recurrence. Eccentric hamstrings strength is recognized as an important modifiable risk factor. This led to the development of prevention exercises such as the nordic hamstring exercise (NHE). The effectiveness of the NHE on hamstring injury prevention has never been investigated in amateur...

Impact of the Nordic hamstring and hip extension exercises on hamstring architecture

Authors 4 5 Matthew N. Bourne1,3,4 Steven J. Duhig2,3, Ryan G. Timmins5, Morgan D. Williams6, 6 David A. Opar5, Aiman Al Najjar7, Graham K. Kerr2,3, Anthony J. Shield2,3. 7 8 1Department of Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Sport, La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine 9 Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia 10 2 School of Exercise and Nutrition Science, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of 11...

The Nordic Eccentric Hamstring Exercise for Injury Prevention in Soccer Players

H amstring injuries are common in sports that require repeated acceleration, deceleration, and maximal sprinting. Recent studies in elite level soccer have shown that hamstring injuries account for up to 17% of all injuries (1,3,6). Several factors have been identified as potential causes for the incidence of hamstring injury in soccer players, including poor hamstring strength, strength imbala...

Muscle activation patterns in the Nordic hamstring exercise: Impact of prior strain injury.

This study aimed to determine: (a) the spatial patterns of hamstring activation during the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE); (b) whether previously injured hamstrings display activation deficits during the NHE; and (c) whether previously injured hamstrings exhibit altered cross-sectional area (CSA). Ten healthy, recreationally active men with a history of unilateral hamstring strain injury under...