Acute and residual soccer match-related fatigue: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JR Silva, MC Rumpf, M Hertzog, C Castagna, A Farooq… - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Understanding soccer players' match-related fatigue and recovery profiles likely
helps with developing conditioning programs that increase team performance and reduce …

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 …

Sprint acceleration mechanics: the major role of hamstrings in horizontal force production

JB Morin, P Gimenez, P Edouard, P Arnal… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Recent literature supports the importance of horizontal ground reaction force (GRF)
production for sprint acceleration performance. Modeling and clinical studies have shown …

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 …

Traumatic muscle injury

P Edouard, G Reurink, AL Mackey, RL Lieber… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Traumatic muscle injury represents a collection of skeletal muscle pathologies caused by
trauma to the muscle tissue and is defined as damage to the muscle tissue that can result in …

Hamstring injury patterns in professional male football (soccer): a systematic video analysis of 52 cases

T Gronwald, C Klein, T Hoenig, M Pietzonka… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To closely describe the injury inciting events of acute hamstring injuries in
professional male football (soccer) using systematic video analysis. Methods Video footage …

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 …

Architectural changes of the biceps femoris long head after concentric or eccentric training

RG Timmins, JD Ruddy… - … and science in …, 2015 - acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au
Purpose: To determine i) the architectural adaptations of the biceps femoris long head (BFlf)
following concentric or eccentric strength training interventions; ii) the time course of …

The transition period in soccer: a window of opportunity

JR Silva, J Brito, R Akenhead, GP Nassis - Sports Medicine, 2016 - Springer
The aim of this paper is to describe the physiological changes that occur during the
transition period in soccer players. A secondary aim is to address the issue of utilizing the …

[HTML][HTML] Greater hamstrings muscle hypertrophy but similar damage protection after training at long versus short muscle lengths

S Maeo, M Huang, Y Wu, H Sakurai… - Medicine and science …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biarticular hamstrings are lengthened more in a seated (hip-flexed) than prone (hip-
extended) position. Purpose We investigated the effects of seated versus prone leg curl …