Isokinetic strength testing does not predict hamstring injury in Australian Rules footballers
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Isokinetic strength testing does not predict hamstring injury in Australian Rules footballers.
OBJECTIVE To determine the relation of hamstring and quadriceps muscle strength and imbalance to hamstring injury using a prospective observational cohort study METHOD A total of 102 senior male Australian Rules footballers aged 22.2 (3.6) years were tested at the start of a football season. Maximum voluntary concentric and eccentric torque of the hamstring and quadriceps muscles of both legs...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.32.4.309