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  • A prospective study of risk factors for hamstring injury in Australian football league players

    Author(s)
    Smith, NA
    Franettovich Smith, MM
    Bourne, MN
    Barrett, RS
    Hides, JA
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Smith, Nigel A.
    Bourne, Matthew
    Hides, Julie A.
    Barrett, Rod
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    This study aimed to explore the association between hamstring strength, age and lower limb soft tissue injury history and subsequent hamstring injury among Australian Football League (AFL) players. This prospective cohort study recruited 125 players from three professional AFL teams. Eccentric knee flexor strength was assessed while performing the Nordic hamstring exercise in pre-season, and injury data were collected retrospectively (hamstring, groin, calf, quadriceps and knee), and prospectively (hamstring injuries) for one AFL playing season. Fourteen players (11%) sustained a hamstring injury in the subsequent playing ...
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    This study aimed to explore the association between hamstring strength, age and lower limb soft tissue injury history and subsequent hamstring injury among Australian Football League (AFL) players. This prospective cohort study recruited 125 players from three professional AFL teams. Eccentric knee flexor strength was assessed while performing the Nordic hamstring exercise in pre-season, and injury data were collected retrospectively (hamstring, groin, calf, quadriceps and knee), and prospectively (hamstring injuries) for one AFL playing season. Fourteen players (11%) sustained a hamstring injury in the subsequent playing season. Nordic strength was not significantly associated with future hamstring injury (Odds Ratio (OR) 1.9, p = 0.36), whereas player age greater than 25 years (OR = 2.9, p < 0.05), report of a hamstring injury within the previous year (OR = 3.7, p = 0.01), or greater than 1-year (OR = 3.6, p = 0.01), a previous groin (OR = 8.6, p < 0.01) or calf injury (OR = 4.6, p = 0.01) were factors significantly associated with subsequent hamstring injury. Based on these findings, increasing age and previous hamstring, groin and calf injury are all associated with an elevated risk of subsequent hamstring injury in AFL players.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Sports Sciences
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1875613
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Human Movement and Sports Sciences
    Curriculum and Pedagogy
    Lower limb injury
    calf injury
    groin injury
    nordic strength
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/401898
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