Research summary · Injury prevention
Nordic hamstring exercise within injury-prevention programmes
A synthesis of 8,459 athletes assesses programmes that include the Nordic hamstring exercise.
- Publication year
- 2019
- Publication type
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Population / context
- Football · Running-based sports
What the publication reports
The pooled results associated programmes containing Nordic hamstring exercise with roughly half the hamstring injury rate. This concerns prevention programmes that included the exercise, rather than a guarantee about an isolated exercise session.
Limits and interpretation
Programme adherence, training exposure and study populations affect interpretation. The result does not mean every athlete's personal injury risk is halved.
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