Title: The dose response of Nordic hamstring exercises on biceps femoris long head architecture and eccentric hamstring strength
Abstract: Background: Hamstring strain injuries (HSIs) are the primary injury sustained by footballers across Europe. Short fascicles of the biceps femoris long head (BFlh) and eccentric hamstring strength have been identified as modifiable risk factors for HSI. One common eccentric exercise which demonstrated evidence in reducing the incidence of HSI, and increasing BFlh fascicle length (FL) and eccentric hamstring strength, is the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE). However, the compliance to large exercise volumes of the NHE is poor. A minimum effective dose of the NHE, for both BFlh FL and eccentric strength, may be useful for practitioners. Therefore, this study aimed to determine if there is a dose-response of NHE exposure on BFlh FL and eccentric hamstring strength.
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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