Citation

Ertelt T, Gronwald T. Acta Physiol. 2019; 227(1): e13253.

Affiliation

Exercise and Training Science, Department of Performance, Neuroscience, Therapy and Health, MSH Medical School Hamburg, University of Applied Sciences and Medical University, Hamburg, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/apha.13253

PMID

30635989

Abstract

Injuries of the muscle-tendon complex are one of the most frequent non-contact injuries in sports. Particularly in team sports such as football, the demands of the game result in a large number of risk factors. Ekstrand and colleagues¹ observed that each team experiences 50 injuries in every season and the hamstrings are most affected. Of these injuries, 83% affect the biceps femoris (BF) muscle². Current studies show that despite injury prevention programs, the rate of hamstring injuries has increased by more than 4% in recent years This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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