ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Mechanisms of Hamstring Strain Injury: Interactions between Fatigue, Muscle Activation and Function.
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- The Effect of a Novel Dynamic Hamstring Brace on Muscle and Athletic Performance Tests among Young Basketball Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- Eccentric Hamstring Strength and Interlimb Asymmetry in Professional Football Players: A NordBord-Based Longitudinal Analysis of Two Professional Teams.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adaptations in biceps femoris long-head muscle-tendon mechanics during the Nordic hamstring exercise in response to 9 weeks of training.Journal of sport and health science · 2026Article
- The effect of fatigue on peak strain of hamstring muscles in dominant and non-dominant sides during sprinting: a pre-post intervention study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- How do muscle injuries relate to return-to-performance metrics in male elite football players?Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Electromyography activity of posterior oblique sling muscles during high-speed running in elite soccer players: risk factors for hamstring injury.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Development of a preliminary multivariable model predicting hamstring strain injuries during preseason screening in soccer players: a multidisciplinary approach.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Hamstring Injury Mechanisms and Eccentric Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations: Current Insights and Future Directions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Regional differences in amplitude and spatial homogeneity of muscle activity in the biceps femoris long head.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Return to performance: machine learning insights into how absence time following muscle injuries affects match running performance in LaLiga soccer players.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Kinetic Variables as Indicators of Lower Limb Indirect Injury Risk in Professional Soccer: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Hamstring Strain Injury Patterns in Spanish Professional Male Football (Soccer): A Systematic Video Analysis of 78 Match Injuries.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Utilising Inertial Measurement Units and Force-Velocity Profiling to Explore the Relationship Between Hamstring Strain Injury and Running Biomechanics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fascia and Muscle Stiffness in Soccer Athletes with and Without Previous Hamstring Injury.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Hamstring injury risk in male professional football: do external training loads play a role?BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
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 (i.e., sprint-type) is still not well understood, and research is inconclusive as to which phase in the running cycle HSI risk is the greatest. Since detailed information relating to hamstring muscle function during sprint running cannot be obtained in vivo in humans, the findings of studies investigating HSI mechanisms are based on modeling that requires assumptions to be made based on extrapolations from anatomical and biomechanical investigations. As it is extremely difficult to account for all aspects of muscle-tendon tissues that influence function during high-intensity running actions, much of this complexity is not included in these models. Furthermore, the majority of analyses do not consider the influence of prior activity or muscular fatigue on kinematics, kinetics and muscle activation during sprinting. Yet, it has been shown that fatigue can lead to alterations in neuromuscular coordination patterns that could potentially increase injury risk. The present critical review will evaluate the current evidence on hamstring injury mechanism(s) during high-intensity running and discuss the interactions between fatigue and hamstring muscle activation and function.
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