How to reduce hamstring injury risk While no strategy can completely eliminate risk, there is evidence that two approaches reduce hamstring injuries: sprinting and eccentric strength training.

MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews up to August 2011, and 6 other databases were searched using words related to the study objective. Google Scholar was used to track citations, and ...

Adaptations in the hamstring muscle-tendon unit following a 9-week eccentric training program. The results demonstrate that while training allows muscle fibers to operate over significantly longer ...