Hamstring Foam Roller release and Sole Self Myofascial Release for Improving Hamstring Muscles Flexibility in Participants with Hamstring Shortness

Self Myofascial Release: Effects on Hamstring Range of Motion and Torque

Hamstring muscles: architecture and innervation.

Knowledge of the anatomical organization of the hamstring muscles is necessary to understand their functions, and to assist in the development of accurate clinical and biomechanical models. The hamstring muscles were examined by dissection in six embalmed human lower limbs with the purpose of clarifying their gross morphology. In addition to obtaining evidence for or against anatomical partitio...

Hamstring injuries in sprinters. The role of concentric and eccentric hamstring muscle strength and flexibility.

Eleven sprinters with recent hamstring injuries were compared with nine uninjured runners. The flexibility of the hamstrings and the eccentric and concentric muscle torque were measured in the hamstrings and quadriceps muscles at different angular velocities. Sprinters with a previous hamstring injury had significantly tighter hamstrings than uninjured sprinters had. The uninjured sprinters had...

Immediate effect of stretching and ultrasound on hamstring flexibility and proprioception

[Purpose] This research explored the positive effects of self-myofascial release on hamstring muscular flexibility and proprioception and investigated the effectiveness of the stretch combined with therapeutic ultrasound. [Subjects and Methods] This study included 30 healthy university students with no history of pain in the Achilles tendon or hamstring within the recent 6 months. Each particip...

Why hamstring eccentrics are hamstring essentials.

There is no dispute that acute hamstring injury is a major sports injury, 1–6 particularly in football codes 2 3 5 6 and other sports that demand high-speed running. 1 The purpose of this editorial is to provide the reader with evidence-based tips for optimising hamstring injury prevention. Early return to sport (≤3 weeks) is often proposed for hamstring injuries, 7 even though basic research c...