Hamstring Muscle Strain Recurrence and Strength Performance Disorders

By J. Croisier, B. Forthomme, Marie-Hélène Namurois, M. Vanderthommen, J. Crielaard. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 2002

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The Football Association Medical Research Programme: an audit of injuries in professional football—analysis of hamstring injuries (2004, background): “Many predisposing factors for hamstring strain have been suggested in the literature, including insufficient warm up,”
Prevention of hamstring strains in elite soccer: an intervention study (2007, background): “, 1997), imbalance in the hamstring to quadriceps strength ratio (Yamamoto, 1993; Orchard et al., 1997; Croisier et al., 2002) or side-to-side imbalances (Yamamoto, 1993; Orchard et al.”
Strength Imbalances and Prevention of Hamstring Injury in Professional Soccer Players (2008, methodology): “On the other hand, the reinjury rate for hamstring injuries has been found to be 12% to 31%,(18,28,31,35) frequently resulting from early return to play and incomplete rehabilitation.(5,8) Consequently, there is a need for investigations focusing on preventive intervention in soccer and other sports”
Incidence, Risk, and Prevention of Hamstring Muscle Injuries in Professional Rugby Union (2006, background): “Evidence-based information on risk factors for hamstring muscle injuries is limited,(11,35) and this situation is compounded because some evidence was derived from studies in which the numbers of participants were small,(2,10,12,17,33,41,46,47) players’ exposure data were not recorded,(2,4,10,12,17,”