4. Hamstring – Incidence & Severity
• Approximately 6 players/squad/season
• Miss approximately 3 matches or weeks of
play
Woods et al., 2004 – Hoskins et al., 2005
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5. Risk factors
• Previous hamstring injury >2x risk
• Age
• ACL injury (altered proprioceptive feedback)
• Reduced flexibility ???
• Low hamstring strength ???
• Strength deficits or imbalances ???
Isokinetic testing – specificity? Engebretsen et al., 2010
Arnason et al., 2004
Tsuda et al., 2001
Verrall et al., 2001
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14. Articular
When evaluating hamstring pain,
Evaluate biomechanics of:
“Problems cannot be solved by the same
level of thinking that created them” A.E.
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21. “Problems cannot be solved by the same
level of thinking that created them” A.E.
Treatment of hamstring injuries should also
be directed at non-local hamstring factors.
Hoskins & Pollard, 2005
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