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Identifying risk factors for hamstring strain injury involves pitfalls that clinicians must navigate when applying evidence-based research to sports injury prevention.
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Highlights pitfalls in applying research on risk factors for sports injuries, such as hamstring strains, to clinical practice.
Sports injuries are multifactorial and have a complex web of risk factors. Thus, identifying risk factors plays a central role in designing prevention strategies. Following evidence-based practice principles, clinicians use the best available evidence to guide decisions about injury prevention. Here, we share a scenario familiar to the sports medicine community—risk factors for hamstring strain injury—and highlight some of the pitfalls that clinicians should watch out for when applying research to practice. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2021;51(3):91–93. doi:10.2519/jospt.2021.0104
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Baroni et al. (2021) conducted an editorial in Sports injuries (hamstring strain injury). Identifying risk factors for hamstring strain injury involves pitfalls that clinicians must navigate when applying evidence-based research to sports injury prevention.
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