Hamstrings are most susceptible to injury during the late swing phase of sprinting

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-

  Chumanov, Elizabeth S ^a   Schache, Anthony G ^b   Heiderscheit, Bryan C ^a   Thelen, Darryl G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG INJURY; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY; THIGH;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; THIGH;

EID: 84856031809     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090176     Document Type: Editorial

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