Trial reportJournal of biomechanics2012
Activation and aponeurosis morphology affect in vivo muscle tissue strains near the myotendinous junction.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mechanisms of hamstring strain injuries in sprinting: an integrative scoping review of intrinsic, biomechanical and modifiable risk factors.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Training and Detraining Effects of Eccentric Exercise and Static Stretching on Hamstring Aponeurosis Dimensions.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
- Intra- and intermuscular shear wave speed distributions in the human hamstrings during isometric and eccentric contractions.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Velocity-Dependent Stress Changes in the Hamstring Muscle-Tendon Complex: A Study Using Human Cadavers.Translational sports medicine · 2026Article
- Data-informed reconstruction of a bipennate muscle's aponeurosis and its fibre distribution for performing continuum-mechanical simulations.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2025Article
- Hamstring Injury Mechanisms and Eccentric Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations: Current Insights and Future Directions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Anatomical insights into the proximal aponeurosis of the long head of the biceps femoris.European journal of histochemistry : EJH · 2025Article
- Hamstrings Are Stretched More and Faster during Accelerative Running Compared to Speed-Matched Constant-Speed Running.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2025Article
- Fascia and Muscle Stiffness in Soccer Athletes with and Without Previous Hamstring Injury.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- The Structure, Function, and Adaptation of Lower-Limb Aponeuroses: Implications for Myo-Aponeurotic Injury.Sports medicine - open · 2024Review
- Biceps femoris long head muscle and aponeurosis geometry in males with and without a history of hamstring strain injury.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2024Article
- Hamstrings are stretched more and faster during accelerative running compared to speed-matched constant speed running.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Myotendinous Junction: Exercise Protocols Can Positively Influence Their Development in Rats.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- A 3D model of the soleus reveals effects of aponeuroses morphology and material properties on complex muscle fascicle behavior.Journal of biomechanics · 2022Article
- Biceps femoris long head sarcomere and fascicle length adaptations after 3 weeks of eccentric exercise training.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Article
- Hamstrings load bearing in different contraction types and intensities: A shear-wave and B-mode ultrasonographic study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Contemporary image-based methods for measuring passive mechanical properties of skeletal muscles in vivo.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2019Review
- Intra- and Inter-Muscular Variations in Hamstring Architecture and Mechanics and Their Implications for Injury: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Review
- An Evidence-Based Framework for Strengthening Exercises to Prevent Hamstring Injury.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Review
- Hamstring injuries: prevention and treatment-an update.British journal of sports medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
Hamstring strain injury is one of the most common injuries in athletes, particularly for sports that involve high speed running. The aims of this study were to determine whether muscle activation and internal morphology influence in vivo muscle behavior and strain injury susceptibility. We measured tissue displacement and strains in the hamstring muscle injured most often, the biceps femoris long head muscle (BFLH), using cine DENSE dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. Strain measurements were used to test whether strain magnitudes are (i) larger during active lengthening than during passive lengthening and (ii) larger for subjects with a relatively narrow proximal aponeurosis than a wide proximal aponeurosis. Displacement color maps showed higher tissue displacement with increasing lateral distance from the proximal aponeurosis for both active lengthening and passive lengthening, and higher tissue displacement for active lengthening than passive lengthening. First principal strain magnitudes were averaged in a 1cm region near the myotendinous junction, where injury is most frequently observed. It was found that strains are significantly larger during active lengthening (0.19 SD 0.09) than passive lengthening (0.13 SD 0.06) (p<0.05), which suggests that elevated localized strains may be a mechanism for increased injury risk during active as opposed to passive lengthening. First principal strains were higher for subjects with a relatively narrow aponeurosis width (0.26 SD 0.15) than wide (0.14 SD 0.04) (p<0.05). This result suggests that athletes who have BFLH muscles with narrow proximal aponeuroses may have an increased risk for BFLH strain injuries.
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