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Hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation literature currently lacks randomized controlled trials assessing actual injury occurrence and suffers from high heterogeneity in rehabilitation protocols.
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Current literature on hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation lacks randomized controlled trials assessing actual injury occurrence and replication of rehabilitation protocols.
Hamstring injuries receive widespread attention in sports science and medicine due to their impact on athlete performance, health and time loss burden. On the topic of hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation, ~30 reviews have been published since 2011, alongside clinical practice guidelines (comprehensive list in online supplemental material) and a recent consensus.1–3 The aim of this editorial is to offer a perspective on the existing hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation literature, highlighting current limitations that could benefit from different research paths in the future.
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Afonso et al. (2023) conducted an editorial in Hamstring injuries. Hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation programs was evaluated. Hamstring injury prevention and rehabilitation literature currently lacks randomized controlled trials assessing actual injury occurrence and suffers from high heterogeneity in rehabilitation protocols.
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