Brand new BJSM podcast 4 days ago covering the above-mentioned topic, the prevention and management of hamstring strain injuries (HSI). The guest speaker this time is Dr Nick van der Horst, who was the first author of one of main studies of the nordic hamstring exercise prevention protocol back in 2015. In this podcast Nick…
This new study is fresh out yesterday by Rod Whiteley and team at Aspetar. They investigated the association between different outcome measures taken daily and the corresponding rehab progression. The full title is quite long, but you can find it at the link at the bottom of this post. Published online: 30 Oct 2017 Open-access:…
This is a study by the Australian hamstring group who have produced a tonne of great research relating to hamstring strain injuries. In this study they found an association with running load in the previous week and HSI, however in terms of predicting individual HSI the data was not conclusive. Published online: 24 Nov 2016…
This is a study from Feb 2016 by Phil Jacobsen and colleagues at Aspetar on using physical examination to predict RTP times. The full title is: A combination of initial and follow-up physiotherapist examination predicts physician-determined time to return to play after hamstring injury, with no added value of MRI Basically they used a number…
Thanks to IOC World Conference @IOCprev2017 for sharing webcasts of the presentations delivered during the conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport held earlier this year in March in Monaco. This particular presentation is a 12 min presentation with the above title by Anthony Shield. He shares some interesting data on how high-speed…
An interesting article investigating rehab deficits of soccer players with previous HSI found a greater drop in speed during a repeated sprint test. This article was published by a group of researchers in Norway in Jan 2017. “Results: Players who reported HSI during the previous two years (16%) had a significantly higher drop in speed…
