The preventive effect of the Nordic hamstring exercise on hamstring injuries in amateur soccer players: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  van der Horst, Nick ^a   Smits, Dirk Wouter ^a   Petersen, Jesper ^b   Goedhart, Edwin A ^c   Backx, Frank J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCCER; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SOCCER; TENDON INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904565660     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041092     Document Type: Article

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