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. 2021 May 13:12:586624.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.586624. eCollection 2021.

Why Is Hamstring Strain Injury so Common in Sport Despite Numerous Prevention Methods? Are There Any Missing Pieces to This Puzzle?

Łukasz Oleksy  1   2   3 , Anna Mika  4 , Jacek Pacana  5 , Olimpia Markowska  5 , Artur Stolarczyk  1 , Renata Kielnar  6
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Why Is Hamstring Strain Injury so Common in Sport Despite Numerous Prevention Methods? Are There Any Missing Pieces to This Puzzle?

Łukasz Oleksy et al. Front Physiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: evaluation; hamstring; injury; prevention; sports.

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Figure 1
Strain forces acting on the biceps femoris muscle long and short heads during movement with lumbo-pelvic complex rotation in relation to body axis 0.1 radian (A) and 0.4 radian (B).
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