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Both Jared and I are currently in a very busy time period of work. In particular Jared is in the thick of his PhD writing so we've decided to push our podcast release to a fortnight format.  Once things settle down we'll get back to our weekly format.

Today's article review in my opinion is a really practical paper. It reviews the mechanism of hamstring injuries in sprinting and then highlights a few different exercises that would be of benefit to include into a strengthening program.  The paper has pictures so do yourself a favour and download it.

Hamstring exercises for track and field athletes: injury and exercise biomechanics, and possible implications for exercise selection and primary prevention.

Malliaropoulos N1, Mendiguchia J, Pehlivanidis H, Papadopoulou S, Valle X, Malliaras P, Maffulli N.

 

Br J Sports Med. 2012 Sep;46(12):846-51. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090474. Epub 2012 Jun 9.

 

Abstract

Hamstring strain injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries in track and field (TF). These injuries often cause prolonged symptoms and a high risk of re-injury. Strengthening of the hamstring muscles has been recommended for injury prevention. The authors review the possible role of eccentric training in TF hamstring injury prevention and introduce exercise classification criteria to guide clinicians in designing strengthening programmes adapted to TF. The principles exposed may serve as a foundation for future development and application of new eccentric programmes to decrease the high incidence of this type of injury in other sports.

 

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