A prospective cohort study of hamstring injuries in competitive sprinters: Preseason muscle imbalance as a possible risk factor

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 589-594

  Yeung, S S ^a   Suen, A M Y ^a   Yeung, E W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; TORQUE; TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HONG KONG; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549122552     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.056283     Document Type: Article

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