An evidence-based framework for strengthening exercises to prevent hamstring injury

MN Bourne, RG Timmins, DA Opar, T Pizzari… - Sports Medicine, 2018 - Springer
Strength training is a valuable component of hamstring strain injury prevention programmes;
however, in recent years a significant body of work has emerged to suggest that the acute …

Impact of the Nordic hamstring and hip extension exercises on hamstring architecture and morphology: implications for injury prevention

MN Bourne, SJ Duhig, RG Timmins… - British journal of sports …, 2017 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background The architectural and morphological adaptations of the hamstrings in response
to training with different exercises have not been explored. Purpose To evaluate changes in …

Exercise interventions to prevent hamstring injuries in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Vatovec, Ž Kozinc, N Šarabon - European journal of sport …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the effectiveness of exercise-based
interventions for prevention of hamstring injuries in sport. PubMed, Cochrane Central …

Impact of exercise selection on hamstring muscle activation

MN Bourne, MD Williams, DA Opar… - British journal of sports …, 2017 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To determine which strength training exercises selectively activate the biceps
femoris long head (BFLongHead) muscle. Methods We recruited 24 recreationally active …

Four weeks of Nordic hamstring exercise reduce muscle injury risk factors in young adults

JB Ribeiro-Alvares, VB Marques, MA Vaz… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Ribeiro-Alvares, JB, Marques, VB, Vaz, MA, and Baroni, BM. Four weeks of Nordic
hamstring exercise reduce muscle injury risk factors in young adults. J Strength Cond Res …

Nordic hamstring exercise training alters knee joint kinematics and hamstring activation patterns in young men

E Delahunt, M McGroarty, G De Vito… - European journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the kinematic and muscle activation adaptations during performance
of the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) to a 6-week eccentric hamstring training programme …

Muscle and intensity based hamstring exercise classification in elite female track and field athletes: implications for exercise selection during rehabilitation

P Tsaklis, N Malliaropoulos, J Mendiguchia… - Open access journal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Hamstring injuries are common in many sports, including track and field. Strains
occur in different parts of the hamstring muscle but very little is known about whether …

Muscle forces and fascicle behavior during three hamstring exercises

B Van Hooren, B Vanwanseele… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge about muscular forces and fascicle behavior during hamstring exercises can
optimize exercise prescription, but information on these outcomes across different exercises …

Kinematic and electromyographic analysis of variations in Nordic hamstring exercise

N Šarabon, J Marušič, G Marković, Ž Kozinc - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of this study was to present and biomechanically evaluate several variations of
the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE), achieved by altering the slope of the lower leg support …

Impact of hip flexion angle on unilateral and bilateral nordic hamstring exercise torque and high-density electromyography activity

A Hegyi, J Lahti, JP Giacomo, P Gerus… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2019 - jospt.org
Background In the bilateral Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE), hamstrings operate at
relatively short lengths, which may limit the efficacy of the NHE in hamstring injury …