ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016
Is There Evidence to Support the Use of the Angle of Peak Torque as a Marker of Hamstring Injury and Re-Injury Risk?
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Wuqinxi on joint function, muscle strength, and balance function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Individualized muscle architecture and contractile properties of ankle plantarflexors and dorsiflexors in post-stroke individuals.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Post-Operative Modified All-Inside ACL Reconstruction Technique's Clinical Outcomes and Isokinetic Strength Assessments.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Hamstrings force-length relationships and their implications for angle-specific joint torques: a narrative review.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Traditional and Additional Isokinetic Knee Strength Assessments of Athletes; Post-Operative Results of Hamstring Autograft ACL Reconstruction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Training Load and Injury: Causal Pathways and Future Directions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of common lower extremity muscle injuries in sport - grading the evidence: a statement paper commissioned by the Danish Society of Sports Physical Therapy (DSSF).British journal of sports medicine · 2020Review
- ACUTE EFFECT OF LOW-INTENSITY ECCENTRIC EXERCISE ON ANGLE OF PEAK TORQUE IN SUBJECTS WITH DECREASED HAMSTRING FLEXIBILITY.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
Hamstring strain injuries are the predominant injury in many sports, costing athletes and clubs a significant financial and performance burden; therefore, the ability to identify and intervene with individuals who are considered at high risk of injury is important. One measure that has grown in popularity as an outcome variable following hamstring intervention/prevention studies and rehabilitation is the angle of peak knee flexor torque. This current opinion article will firstly introduce the measure and the processes behind it. Second, the article will summarise how the angle of peak knee flexor torque has been suggested to measure hamstring strain injury risk. Finally, the numerous limitations will be presented and the article will outline how these limitations may influence the usefulness of the angle of peak knee flexor torque measure. These include the lack of muscle specificity, the common concentric contraction mode of assessment, reliability of the measure, various neural contributions (such as rate of force development and neuromuscular inhibition), as well as the lack of prospective data showing any predictive value in the measure.
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