RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recurrent hamstring muscle injury: applying the limited evidence in the professional football setting with a seven-point programme
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 929
OP 938
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091400
VO 48
IS 11
A1 Peter Brukner
A1 Andrew Nealon
A1 Christopher Morgan
A1 Darren Burgess
A1 Andrew Dunn
YR 2014
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/11/929.abstract
AB Recurrent hamstring injuries are a major problem in sports such as football. The aim of this paper was to use a clinical example to describe a treatment strategy for the management of recurrent hamstring injuries and examine the evidence for each intervention. A professional footballer sustained five hamstring injuries in a relatively short period of time. The injury was managed successfully with a seven-point programme—biomechanical assessment and correction, neurodynamics, core stability, eccentric strengthening, an overload running programme, injection therapies and stretching/relaxation. The evidence for each of these treatment options is reviewed. It is impossible to be definite about which aspects of the programme contributed to a successful outcome. Only limited evidence is available in most cases; therefore, decisions regarding the use of different treatment modalities must be made by using a combination of clinical experience and research evidence.