Hamstring injury risk in male professional football: do external training loads play a role?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Hamstring strain injury (HSI) is the most common time-loss injury in football and is prone to recurrence. This exploratory study aimed to describe the relationship between short-term external training load (TL) and HSI occurrence in male senior football players at the professional level.

Methods

TL data in terms of global positioning system (GPS) variables and HSI incidence were collected over four seasons from 25 senior professional football players. GPS variables included total distance (TD), very intense accelerations (>3.00 m/s²), very intense decelerations (<-3.00 m/s²), high-speed running distance (>19.8 km/hour), maximal sprint distance (>29.8 km/hour) and maximal velocity. For each injury case, TL during the 7 and 14 days preceding the injury was compared

SUBMITTER: Nilsson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12421611 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature