Recommendations for hamstring injury prevention in elite football: translating research into practice

Buckthorpe, Matthew; Wright, Stephen P.; Bruce-Low, Stewart; Nanni, Gianni; Sturdy, Thomas; Gross, Aleksander Stephan; Bowen, Laura; Styles, Bill; Villa, S.; Davison, Michael; Gimpel, Mo

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2018-099616

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“…Indeed, in English Premier League players, the amount of HSR performed during a match has demonstrated a positive relationship with countermovement jump performance when assessed three days post-match [61], whilst improvements in lower-body strength and sprint performance across a professional soccer season may be linked to a player's overall playing time [60]. Moreover, if individuals are repeatedly selected as partial-rather than whole-match players, they may experience increases in subsequent injury-risk as a result of chronic reductions in exposure to HSR [62][63][64]. For these reasons, 96% of practitioners reported that substitutes perform extra 'top-up' conditioning sessions (i.e., typically immediately post-match and/or on the following day) to account for their participation in only partial match-play.…”

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Practitioner perceptions regarding the practices of soccer substitutes

et al. 2020

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Despite empirical observations suggesting that practitioners value the use of substitutions during soccer match-play, limited research has sought to substantiate such claims. This study used online surveys to assess the perceptions of practitioners within professional soccer about the use and practices of substitutes. Thirty-three practitioners completed one of two surveys (each requiring both open and closed questions to be answered), depending upon whether their primary role related mostly to tactical ('tactical practitioners'; n = 7) or physical ('physical practitioners'; n = 26) aspects of player/team management. Thematic content analysis of responses identified four higher-order themes:

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Practitioner perceptions regarding the practices of soccer substitutes

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“…This finding underlines the importance of individualizing very high-speed running thresholds to optimize soccer WL analysis. These findings have high relevance in soccer because of the growing evidence on the importance of very high-speed running for performance and injury prevention purposes [1,11]. Therefore, further attention should be paid, in congested fixture periods, to this training metric for starters and non-starters.…”

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Workload Monitoring in Top-level Soccer Players During Congested Fixture Periods

Gualtieri

Rampinini²,

Sassi

et al. 2020

Int J Sports Med

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This study assessed the internal and external workload of starters and non-starters in a professional top-level soccer team during a congested fixture period. Twenty Serie A soccer players were monitored in this study during two mesocycles of 21 days each. Starters and non-starters were divided based on the match time played in each mesocycle. The following metrics were recorded: exposure time, total distance, relative total distance, high-speed running distance over 20 km·h−1, very high-speed running distance over 25 km·h−1, individual very high-speed distance over 80% of maximum peak speed, and rating of perceived exertion. Differences between starters and non-starters were found for: exposure time (effect size=large to very large), rating of perceived exertion (large to very large), total distance (large to very large), and individual very high-speed distance over 80% of maximum peak speed (moderate to large). Furthermore, differences for relative total distance, high-speed running distance over 20 km·h−1 and very high-speed running distance over 25 km·h−1 were small to moderate, but not significant. This study reports that during congested fixture periods, starters had higher exposure time, rating of perceived exertion, total distance, and individual very high-speed distance over 80% of maximum peak speed than non-starters.

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“…In the absence of proper flexibility, muscle function is impaired. [1][2][3] Hamstring tightness is common for many different reasons. 1 Naturally, the muscles are inactive at a shorter length, and consequently, their inactiveness has an effect on other musculoskeletal systems in the area, 4 causing problems such as reduced function, increased chance of muscle damage, back pain, and biomechanical changes in the joints of the region.…”

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“…[1][2][3] Hamstring tightness is common for many different reasons. 1 Naturally, the muscles are inactive at a shorter length, and consequently, their inactiveness has an effect on other musculoskeletal systems in the area, 4 causing problems such as reduced function, increased chance of muscle damage, back pain, and biomechanical changes in the joints of the region. 5 Given that muscles tend to be tight in dysfunction and also because of the habit of sitting on 2 knees (known as Turkish style) in middle eastern nations, especially Iran, the prevalence of hamstring tightness is explicable.…”

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Effect of Active Dynamic Versus Passive Static Stretching on Hamstring Muscle Tightness in Healthy Female Students: A Randomized Trial Study

et al. 2019

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Background: For decades, static stretching has been the standard benchmark for training programs, because it has been shown to increase flexibility compared with other methods of stretching. Objective: The current study investigated and compared the effects of active dynamic stretching and passive static stretching on hamstring tightness. Methods: For this experiment, 64 female students were enrolled and randomly assigned to active dynamic or passive static stretching groups (n=32 each). The first and second experimental groups were trained with repetitive dynamic stretching and static stretching exercises, respectively. Exercises were performed 10 times per limb, 3 times per day, 5 days per week for 4 weeks. Hamstring muscle length measurements were repeated in weeks 2 and 4. Statistical analysis of the results was performed by t-test and repeated measures ANOVA using SPSS 15. Results: Both experimental groups showed significant improvements in the active knee extension range of motion during the intervention (P<0.001). However, active stretching showed better results and had a greater effect on range of motion in comparison with static stretching. Conclusion: Active dynamic training can be considered a suitable method for increasing the flexibility of the hamstring muscle and, consequently, reducing the complications and problems associated with hamstring tightness.

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Recommendations for hamstring injury prevention in elite football: translating research into practice

Cited by 131 publications

References 88 publications

Practitioner perceptions regarding the practices of soccer substitutes

Practitioner perceptions regarding the practices of soccer substitutes

Workload Monitoring in Top-level Soccer Players During Congested Fixture Periods

Effect of Active Dynamic Versus Passive Static Stretching on Hamstring Muscle Tightness in Healthy Female Students: A Randomized Trial Study

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