Can a clinical test of hamstring strength identify football players at risk of hamstring strain?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-41

  Schache, Anthony G ^a,b   Crossley, Kay M ^a   Macindoe, Ian G ^b   Fahrner, Brendan B ^b   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Richmond Football Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletic injuries; Isometric contraction; Sports medicine; Sprains and strains

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650795766     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-010-1221-2     Document Type: Article

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