Background Hamstring injuries remain a substantial problem in male football. Proximal neuromuscular control (‘core stability’) is considered to be of key importance in hamstring injury prevention, ...

Background The medial hamstring muscle has the potential to prevent excessive dynamic valgus and external rotation of the knee joint during sports. Thus, specific training targeting the medial ...

This was a descriptive cohort study of healthy males from a single professional rugby union club. A CT scan of each participant's dominant knee was acquired. Participants then performed two step-ups ...

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate whether hamstring-quadriceps co-activation altered knee joint motion and limited ACL elongation during a step-up task. Although preliminary, the ...