Nordic hamstring exercise weakness is a risk factor for hamstring strain injury in elite Australian football: A prospective cohort study

D Opar, M Williams, R Timmins, J Hickey… - Journal of Science and …, 2014 - jsams.org
Background: The Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) reduces the risk of hamstring strain injury
(HSI). It is unknown if measuring eccentric hamstring strength during the NHE can predict …

Effects of sprint versus strength training on risk factors for hamstring injury in football players

E Byrd, A Delextrat, G Walsh, L Taylor… - Journal of Sports …, 2023 - pure.ulster.ac.uk
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to compare the effects of in-season sprint training vs.
Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) training on risk factors for hamstring strain injuries (HSI) …

Agreement between isokinetic eccentric hamstring strength, Nordic hamstring strength and Nordic break-point angle in a sample of trained and healthy individuals

A Miralles-Iborra, JLL Elvira, T Urban… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Different eccentric strength assessments are used to identifying the risk of hamstring injury in
athletes. However, there is scarce information to determine the association between Nordic …

The influence of hamstring muscle peak torque and rate of torque development for sprinting performance in football players: a cross-sectional study

L Ishøi, P Aagaard, MF Nielsen… - … journal of sports …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: To investigate the association between hamstring muscle peak torque and rapid
force capacity (rate of torque development, RTD) vs sprint performance in elite youth football …

Relationship between Nordic hamstring strength and maximal voluntary eccentric, concentric and isometric knee flexion torque

S Nishida, M Nakamura, R Kiyono, S Sato, K Yasaka… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Nordic hamstring exercise is performed to prevent knee flexor muscle strain injuries and
used to assess their injury risks. However, what exactly Nordic hamstring strength indicates …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability and Validity of the End Range Hamstring Strength Test with Handheld Dynamometry

J Kristiansen, C Eddy… - International Journal of …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background and Purpose Hamstring strength testing is crucial in assessing this important
muscle group during rehabilitation and injury prevention. The purpose of this study was to …

A prospective study of risk factors for hamstring injury in Australian football league players

NA Smith, MM Franettovich Smith… - Journal of Sports …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to explore the association between hamstring strength, age and lower limb
soft tissue injury history and subsequent hamstring injury among Australian Football League …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid hamstrings/quadriceps strength capacity in professional soccer players with different conventional isokinetic muscle strength ratios

CC Greco, WL Da Silva, SRA Camarda… - Journal of sports …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Muscle strength imbalance can be an important factor in hamstrings muscle strain. A
hamstrings/quadriceps (H/Q) strength ratio based on concentric peak torque values (H con …

Higher drop in speed during a repeated sprint test in soccer players reporting former hamstring strain injury

OD Røksund, M Kristoffersen, BE Bogen… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Aim: Hamstring strain injury is common in soccer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
physical capacity of players who have and have not suffered from hamstring strain injury in a …

Preseason hamstring muscle weakness associated with hamstring muscle injury in Australian footballers

J Orchard, J Marsden, S Lord… - The American journal of …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Hamstring muscle strain is the most prevalent injury in Australian Rules Football, accounting
for 16% of play ing time missed as a result of injury. Thirty-seven pro fessional footballers …