Background: Many injury prevention and rehabilitation programs aim to train hamstring and quadriceps co-activation to constrain excessive anterior tibial translation and protect the anterior cruciate ...

This was a descriptive cohort study of healthy males from a single professional rugby union club. A CT scan of each participant's dominant knee was acquired. Participants then performed two step-ups ...

Background The medial hamstring muscle has the potential to prevent excessive dynamic valgus and external rotation of the knee joint during sports. Thus, specific training targeting the medial ...

Background The Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) is employed to increase eccentric strength and reduce the risk of recurrent hamstring strain injury. Currently, the prescription of the NHE offering most ...

A hamstring tear injury is a rip in the hamstring muscles. It happens when the hamstrings are overstretched or overloaded with too much weight. Depending on the injury, the hamstring can tear ...

Medial meniscus pathology and ACL tears were among the most common reasons patients needed surgery after ACL reconstruction, according to presented study results. Perspective from David P. Trofa, MD ...

Multiligament knee injuries have complex injury patterns. Allografts offer a safe and effective treatment option for these injuries, according to Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD. Wickiewicz prefers ...

Unfortunately, hamstring strains are both common and painful. They strike athletes of all sorts – including runners, skaters, and football, soccer, and basketball players. But what is a hamstring? It ...