Narrative review on the use of sled training to improve sprint performance in team sport athletes

S Zabaloy, TT Freitas, F Pareja-Blanco… - Strength & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Sprinting is a key component for many individual and team sports. Therefore, to enhance
sprint performance, various training methods are widely used by coaches and practitioners …

Eccentric strength assessment of hamstring muscles with new technologies: a systematic review of current methods and clinical implications

JG Claudino, CA Cardoso Filho, NFN Bittencourt… - Sports medicine …, 2021 - Springer
Background Given the severe economic and performance implications of hamstring injuries,
there are different attempts to identify their risk factors for subsequently developing injury …

Sprint versus isolated eccentric training: Comparative effects on hamstring architecture and performance in soccer players

J Mendiguchia, F Conceição, P Edouard, M Fonseca… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Aims The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of hamstring eccentric (NHE)
strength training versus sprint training programmed as complements to regular soccer …

Sprint specificity of isolated hamstring-strengthening exercises in terms of muscle activity and force production

C Prince, JB Morin, J Mendiguchia, J Lahti… - Frontiers in sports and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
To train hamstring muscle specifically to sprint, strengthening programs should target
exercises associated with horizontal force production and high levels of hamstring activity …

[HTML][HTML] Novel insights into biarticular muscle actions gained from high-density electromyogram

K Watanabe, TM Vieira, A Gallina… - Exercise and sport …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Biarticular muscles have traditionally been considered to exhibit homogeneous
neuromuscular activation. The regional activation of biarticular muscles, as revealed from …

[HTML][HTML] Do non-contact injuries occur during high-speed running in elite football? Preliminary results from a novel GPS and video-based method

F Aiello, C Di Claudio, M Fanchini… - Journal of science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Understanding how injuries occur (inciting circumstances) is useful for
developing etiological hypotheses and prevention strategies that can be tested. The aims of …

Running speed changes the distribution of excitation within the biceps femoris muscle in 80 m sprints

GL Cerone, R Nicola, M Caruso… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Predictors and mitigators of strain injuries have been studied in sprint‐related sports. While
the rate of axial strain, and thus running speed, may determine the site of muscle failure …

Quantifying demands on the hamstrings during high‐speed running: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

T McNally, S Edwards, M Halaki… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Hamstring strain injury (HSI) remains a performance, economic, and player
availability burden in sport. High‐speed running (HSR) is cited as a common mechanism for …

Comparison of signal processing methods for reducing motion artifacts in high-density electromyography during human locomotion

BR Schlink, AD Nordin, DP Ferris - IEEE open journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: High-density electromyography (EMG) is useful for studying changes in
myoelectric activity within a muscle during human movement, but it is prone to motion …

Effects of Fatigue Induced by Repeated Sprints on Sprint Biomechanics in Football Players: Should We Look at the Group or the Individual?

V Romero, J Lahti, A Castaño Zambudio… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of fatigue on sprint biomechanics. Fifty-
one football players performed twelve maximal 30 m sprints with 20 s recovery between …