Trial reportPloS one2016
MRI-Based Regional Muscle Use during Hamstring Strengthening Exercises in Elite Soccer Players.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acute and Residual Soccer Match-Related Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Location of Hamstring Injuries Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
- Intermuscular and intramuscular distributions of sprint-induced thigh muscle activation in male sprinters: a T2-weighted MRI study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Interchangeability of external player load variables from different athlete tracking systems in English Premier League soccer players.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Enhancement of muscle activation during squat exercise: evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Hamstring T-Junction Surgical Repair: An Elite Footballer's Return to Play Journey Through a New Football-Centered Complex Approach.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Force Production and Electromyographic Activity during Different Flywheel Deadlift Exercises.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Flywheel resistance training in football: a useful rehabilitation tool for practitioners.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Clinical applications of skeletal muscle diffusion tensor imaging.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- Muscle Architecture, Morphology, and Mechanical and Functional Properties of Biceps Femoris Long Head in Professional Soccer Players with a Prior Healed Injured Hamstring.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Hamstrings force-length relationships and their implications for angle-specific joint torques: a narrative review.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Hamstring muscle activation strategies during eccentric contractions are related to the distribution of muscle damage.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2022Article
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- Effects of flywheel resistance training on the running economy of young male well-trained distance runners.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- The Influence of Playing Formation on Physical Demands and Technical-Tactical Actions According to Playing Positions in an Elite Soccer Team.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association of Thigh Muscle Strength with Texture Features Based on Proton Density Fat Fraction Maps Derived from Chemical Shift Encoding-Based Water-Fat MRI.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Texture Features of Proton Density Fat Fraction Maps from Chemical Shift Encoding-Based MRI Predict Paraspinal Muscle Strength.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Does Muscle-Tendon Unit Structure Predispose to Hamstring Strain Injury During Running? A Critical Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Relative Age-Related Biases in Objective and Subjective Assessments of Performance in Talented Youth Soccer Players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
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Abstract
The present study examined site-specific hamstring muscles use with functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in elite soccer players during strength training. Thirty-six players were randomized into four groups, each performing either Nordic hamstring, flywheel leg-curl, Russian belt or the hip-extension conic-pulley exercise. The transverse relaxation time (T2) shift from pre- to post-MRI were calculated for the biceps femoris long (BFl) and short (BFs) heads, semitendinosus (ST) and semimembranosus (SM) muscles at proximal, middle and distal areas of the muscle length. T2 values increased substantially after flywheel leg-curl in all regions of the BFl (from 9±8 to 16±8%), BFs (41±6-71±11%), and ST (60±1-69±7%). Nordic hamstring induced a substantial T2 increase in all regions of the BFs (13±8-16±5%) and ST (15±7-17±5%). T2 values after the Russian belt deadlift substantially increased in all regions of the BFl (6±4-7±5%), ST (8±3-11±2%), SM (6±4-10±4%), and proximal and distal regions of BFs (6±6-8±5%). T2 values substantially increased after hip-extension conic-pulley only in proximal and middle regions of BFl (11±5-7±5%) and ST (7±3-12±4%). The relevance of such MRI-based inter- and intra-muscle use in designing more effective resistance training for improving hamstring function and preventing hamstring injuries in elite soccer players should be explored with more mechanistic studies.
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