ArticleJournal of sports science & medicine2021
Biceps Femoris Muscle is Activated by Performing Nordic Hamstring Exercise at a Shallow Knee Flexion Angle.
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- Characteristics of Hamstring Electromyographic Activity and the Break-Point Angle during Nordic Hamstring Exercise at Different Ankle Positions.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- Effects of Unilateral Nordic Hamstring Training with a Sloped Platform on Biceps Femoris Fascicle Length in Athletes with a History of Hamstring Strain Injury.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Robot-Assisted Gait Training on Stage-Based Lower Limb Motor Recovery and Muscle Tone in Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Loaded Single-Leg Roman Chair Hold Preferentially Increases Biceps Femoris Activation, Whereas the Nordic Hamstring Exercise Emphasises Semitendinosus Activation in Professional Athletes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Intermuscular Synchronization of Upper Leg Muscles and Training Level in Karate Kumite Practitioners.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Is the FIFA 11+ Warm-Up Effective for Inducing Acute Knee Adaptations in Recreational Soccer Players?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Comparing the hamstring muscle activity between injured and non-injured sides during a variety of Nordic hamstring exercises.PloS one · 2025Article
- Acute Effects of a Hop-Stabilization Warm-Up Program on Dynamic Balance, Ground Reaction Force, and Muscle Activity During Cutting Movements in Collegiate Athletes with Chronic Ankle Instability.International journal of exercise science · 2024Article
- The Effect of Variations in Knee and Hip Angles on Electromyographic Activity of the Hamstrings and Related Muscles During the Nordic Hamstring Exercise.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Hamstrings force-length relationships and their implications for angle-specific joint torques: a narrative review.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Influence of Altered Knee Angle on Electromyographic Activity of Hamstring Muscles Between Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise with Incline Slope Lower Leg Board.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
The semitendinosus (ST) muscle is primarily used during Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE), which is often prescribed for preventing hamstring injury, though the biceps femoris long head (BFlh) muscle that is more susceptible to injuries. Thus, this study aimed to identify the modulation of BFlh muscle activity with different knee flexion angles during NHE using an inclined platform. Fourteen male athletes performed NHE and maintained their position at maximum inclination (NH). Subjects also performed isometric NHE using a platform inclined to 50° (ICL) and 40° (ICH), and the knee flexion angle was controlled to 50° and 30°. The electromyography (EMG) activity of the BFlh, ST, semimembranosus, gluteus maximus, elector spinae, and rectus abdominus muscles was determined during each exercise. The EMG of the ST was higher than that of the BFlh during NHE and the highest of all muscles in all exercises (p < 0.05). Moreover, the activity of the BFlh tended to be higher than that of the ST for ICH than for ICL, regardless of the knee joint angle. The activity of the BFlh becomes equivalent to that of the ST during NHE at a knee flexion angle of less than 50°. These results indicate that performing NHE at a shallow knee flexion angle will enhance the activity of the BFlh muscle.
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