Hamstrings injury incidence, risk factors, and prevention in Rugby Union players: a systematic review

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Hamstrings injury incidence, risk factors, and prevention in Rugby Union players: a systematic review

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Background Hamstring strain injuries are one of the most common injuries in Rugby Union, representing up to 15% of all injuries sustained. We aimed to systematically review and summarize the scientific literature that addressed hamstring strain injury incidence, risk factors, injury prevention or strengthening strategies, and strength or asymmetry measures in Rugby Union. Methods We conducted a systematic search to locate published peer-reviewed articles from PubMed, SPORTDiscusTM, Web o...

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2021

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Chavarro-Nieto, Christian / Beaven, Christopher Martyn / Gill, Nicholas D. / Hébert-Losier, Kim

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/14639

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Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Primary Health Care / Orthopedics / Sport Sciences / General & Internal Medicine / Hamstrings / strength / training / injuries / football / ISOKINETIC STRENGTH / PROSPECTIVE COHORT / POSITION / RATIOS / STRAIN / KNEE / EPIDEMIOLOGY / IMBALANCES / EXERCISE / REDUCE

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