Potential prognostic factors for hamstring muscle injury in elite male soccer players: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT: Hamstring injuries remain the most common injury type across many professional sports. Despite a variety of intervention strategies, its incidence in soccer players playing in the UEFA Champions League has increased by 4% per year over the last decade. Test batteries trying to identify potential risk factors have produced inconclusive results. The purpose of the current study was to prospectively record hamstring injuries, to investigate the incidence and characteristics of the injuries, and to identify possible risk factors in elite male soccer players, playing in the Kosovo national premier league. A total of 143 soccer players from 11 teams in Kosovo were recruited. To identify possible prevalent musculoskeletal or medical conditions a widespread health and fitness assessment was perfor

SUBMITTER: Shalaj I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652257 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature