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SUBMITTER: Petersen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1725237 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
British journal of sports medicine 20050601 6
A common soft tissue injury in sports involving sprinting and jumping is the hamstring strain. A major problem with hamstring strains is the high incidence of reinjury. Muscle injuries can be classified as direct or indirect and are typically grouped into three categories according to severity. A number of potential risk factors have been proposed for hamstring strains. Only a few are evidence based and some are mainly based on theoretical assumptions. There is a lack of clinical research on the ...[more]