The Preventive Effect of the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Injuries in Amateur Soccer Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1316-1323

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Sport Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

eccentric strengthening; hamstring injuries; injury prevention; nordic curl; nordic hamstring exercise; soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG INJURIES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCCER; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930521212     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515574057     Document Type: Article

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