Key result
A well-designed preventive program involving eccentric and co-contracting knee stabilizer exercises can elicit protective effects against hamstring injuries in athletes within four weeks.
Why the study?
Do preventative exercise protocols prevent the incidence of hamstring injury in athletes?
Do preventative exercise protocols prevent the incidence of hamstring injury in athletes?
This critical review examines current preventative exercise protocols and provides basic guidelines for hamstring injury prevention in athletes.
May support rapid eccentric programs in athletes; leaves open confirmation in prospective RCTs.
Hamstring strains are the most prevalent non-contact injury associated with participation in sports. In addition to the anatomical and functional characteristics of the hamstrings, such as the biarticular organisation or the dual innervations of biceps femoris, a number of alterable and non-alterable factors have been associated with the risk of hamstring injuries in athletes. Each of these variables would impact upon hamstring injury risk within an integrated approach, by which the possibility of sustaining an injury can vary depending on the particular circumstances of each athlete. The aim of this critical review is to examine the effects of current preventative exercise protocols and to provide basic guidelines for hamstring injury prevention in athletes.
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Naclerio et al. (2013) conducted a review in Hamstring injury. Preventative exercise protocols (eccentric and knee stabilizing exercises) was evaluated on Incidence of hamstring injury. A well-designed preventive program involving eccentric and co-contracting knee stabilizer exercises can elicit protective effects against hamstring injuries in athletes within four weeks.
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