TY - JOUR T1 - Hamstring strain injuries: are we heading in the right direction? JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 81 LP - 85 DO - 10.1136/bjsm.2010.081695 VL - 46 IS - 2 AU - Jurdan Mendiguchia AU - Eduard Alentorn-Geli AU - Matt Brughelli Y1 - 2012/02/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/2/81.abstract N2 - Acute hamstring injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries reported in sport. Despite a thorough and concentrated effort to prevent and rehabilitate hamstring injuries, injury occurrence and re-injury rates have not improved over the last three decades. This failure is most likely due to the following: (1) a lack of studies with high level of evidence into the identification and prevention of hamstring injuries and (2) a reductionist approach of the current literature. The objectives of this article are to review and critique the current literature regarding isolated risk factors, and introduce a new concept for a more comprehensive scientific understanding of how multiple risk factors contribute to hamstring strain injury. The authors hope that this new conceptual model can serve as a foundation for future evidence-based research and aid in the development of new prevention methods to decrease the high incidence of this type of injury. ER -