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 …

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 strain injuries (HSIs) are common in a number of sports and incidence rates have
not declined in recent times. Additionally, the high rate of recurrent injuries suggests that our …

Background: Muscle injury is the most common injury type in professional soccer players.
Despite this, risk factors for common lower extremity injuries remain elusive. Purpose: To …

Whereas a variety of pre-exercise activities have been incorporated as part of a “warm-up”
prior to work, combat, and athletic activities for millennia, the inclusion of static stretching …

Objective To determine which strength training exercises selectively activate the biceps
femoris long head (BFLongHead) muscle. Methods We recruited 24 recreationally active …

Background Hamstring injury is the single most common injury in European professional
football and, therefore, time to return and secondary prevention are of particular concern …

Isolated injury to the long head of biceps femoris is the most common type of acute
hamstring strain injury (HSI). However, the precise hamstring injury mechanism (ie, sprint …

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 …

Methods Whole body kinematics, EMG activities and ground reactions were collected as 12
subjects ran on an instrumented treadmill at speeds ranging from 80% to maximum …