Hamstring injuries are common injuries in all levels of athletics. Hamstring injuries can cause prolonged absence from sports and have a notorious rate of reinjury. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being increasingly utilized following a hamstring injury. Physicians are being increasingly asked to utilize MRI to predict clinical outcomes, including time frame for return to play and risk of r...

Hamstring and quadriceps muscles are essential for the performance of athletes in various sport branches. Hamstring muscles control running activities and stabilize the knee during turns or tackles, while quadriceps muscles play an important role in jumping and kicking. Although hamstring and quadriceps muscle strength in athletes can be accurately measured using isokinetic dynamometry, practic...

Study focuses on muscle imbalance of non dominant hamstring with dominant hamstring muscle of lower limb, which is one of the predisposing factor for injury. Moreover the injury is likely to occur in the eccentric phase ,the strength imbalance can also hinder the performance. Thereby aim of study is to determine the influence of eccentric training on Non – Dominant Hamstring Strength in Sprinte...

Injuries to the hamstring muscles are common in athletes. Track and field, Australian football, American football and soccer are examples of sports where hamstring injuries are the most common. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there is a correlation between a hamstring injury prognosis and its characteristics of imaging parameters. The literature search was performed in the ...

There is no dispute that acute hamstring injury is a major sports injury, 1–6 particularly in football codes 2 3 5 6 and other sports that demand high-speed running. 1 The purpose of this editorial is to provide the reader with evidence-based tips for optimising hamstring injury prevention. Early return to sport (≤3 weeks) is often proposed for hamstring injuries, 7 even though basic research c...

BACKGROUND More than half of the recurrent hamstring injuries occur within the first month after return-to-play (RTP). Although there are numerous studies on RTP, comparisons are hampered by the numerous definitions of RTP used. Moreover, there is no consensus on the criteria used to determine when a person can start playing again. These criteria need to be critically evaluated, in an attempt t...

BACKGROUND No studies have been reported on how strength, agility, and flexibility training reduce the occurrence of hamstring injuries in sprinters. Therefore, a program for preventing hamstring injury in these athletes has not been established. PURPOSE To document the incidence of hamstring injuries during times when different prevention strategies were employed to see whether a particular ...

Muscular flexibility is an important aspect of normal human function. Limited flexibility has been shown to predispose a person to several musculoskeletal overuse injuries and significantly affects a person’s level of function [1]. Muscular tightness is frequently postulated as an intrinsic risk factor for the development of a muscle injury. Lack of flexibility has been suggested as a predispos...

SUPPLEMENT 1. DETAILS OF TRAINING SCHEDULE This supplement shows the detailed training schedule during the 10-week preseason training period. The Eccentric Hamstring Sessions The hamstring sessions were progressively incorporated into the training schedule. At the beginning of the 10-week preseason period, players performed one set of five repetitions, once per week. The volume of eccentric ham...

BACKGROUND There is an ongoing debate regarding the optimal criteria for return to sport after an acute hamstring injury. Less than 10% isokinetic strength deficit is generally recommended but this has never been documented in professional football players after rehabilitation. Our aim was to evaluate isokinetic measurements in MRI-positive hamstring injuries. METHODS Isokinetic measurements ...