Why hamstring eccentrics are hamstring essentials
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0306-3674,1473-0480
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090962