{"id":3857,"date":"2012-10-16T07:32:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2012-10-17T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T08:16:47","slug":"hamstring-injury-mini-symposium-bjsm-papers-that-will-help-you-manage-hamstring-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2012\/10\/16\/hamstring-injury-mini-symposium-bjsm-papers-that-will-help-you-manage-hamstring-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamstring injury mini-symposium (BJSM papers that will help you manage hamstring injuries)."},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruce Hamilton’s article (Hamstring muscle strain injuries: what can we learn from history? 2012;46: 900-903<\/a>) is receiving a lot of attention. Current in\u00a0this month’s BJSM print edition, >6,000 people have already downloaded and digested it (free full text!<\/a>). This October issue has been shaped by the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, one of BJSM’s 8 member societies (and more to be announced shortly!).<\/p>\n

\"\"Clinicians’ interest in hamstring injury prevention, diagnosis, and management is no surprise. Elite athletes from American Football (i.e\u00a0Jets’ tight end Dustin Keller who has missed four weeks – to date – with a hamstring injury<\/a>), to European Football (i.e Manchester City’s\u00a0Jack Rodwell who may be warming the bench for England in Tuesday’s Euro 2013 decider<\/a>) suffer from hamstring injury. Rodwell has the classic ‘recurrence’ issue – six such injuries this season.<\/p>\n

As a ‘mini-symposium’ we share 4 recent papers below. Their take-home messages include that: (i) focussed eccentric loading – in the appropriate functional range of motion is critical, (ii) that there are different types of hamstring strains with different prognosis (Type 1 ‘sprinters’; Type 2 ‘dancers’), (iii) there remains an element of art in treatment – but don’t give up the science as the first option. And don’t forget Carl Askling’s podcast<\/a> – one of BJSM’s most popular of all time.<\/p>\n

BJSM senior associate editor Roald Bahr (@RoaldBahr<\/a>) vouches strongly for the ‘nordic hamstring’ exercises to prevent recurrence. He suggest that EPL teams should be ensuring the high-risk players (those with previous injury) perform the program. You can see the video of this program at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research linked web-page. (Skadefri <\/a>which means ‘Injury Free’). The words are in Norwegian but the images speak for themselves. And while you are on that site check out the IOC Manual of Sports Injuries<\/a> – great value and completely up to date.<\/p>\n

In short – no-one has all the answers but progressive and functional training – with a particular focus on players who have already had a hamstring strain<\/span> – is a way to go. Please do share your solutions confidentially or in public.<\/p>\n

Related publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mendiguchia J,\u00a0Alentorn-Geli E,Brughelli M.\u00a0Hamstring strain injuries: are we heading in the right direction?<\/strong> Br J Sports Med<\/abbr> 2012;46:81\u20135.<\/a><\/p>\n

Askling CM, Malliaropoulos N, Karlsson J. High-speed running type or stretching-type of hamstring injuries makes a difference to treatment and prognosis<\/strong> Br J Sports Med<\/abbr> 2012;46:2 86-87 Published Online First: 14 December 2011 <\/cite><\/a><\/p>\n

Orchard JW,\u00a0Best TM,\u00a0Mueller-Wohlfahrt HW,\u00a0et al\u00a0The early management of muscle strains in the elite athlete: best practice in a world with a limited evidence basis.<\/strong> Br J Sports Med<\/abbr> 2008;42:158\u20139. (Free full text)<\/a><\/p>\n

Askling CM,\u00a0Tengvar M,\u00a0Saartok T,\u00a0et al.\u00a0Acute first-time hamstring strains during high-speed running: a longitudinal study including clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings<\/strong>. Am J Sports Med<\/abbr> 2007;35:197\u2013206.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Askling C,\u00a0Saartok T,\u00a0Thorstensson A. Type of acute hamstring strain affects flexibility, strength, and time to return to pre-injury level<\/strong>. Br J Sports Med 2006; 40: 40-4.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bruce Hamilton’s article (Hamstring muscle strain injuries: what can we learn from history? 2012;46: 900-903) is receiving a lot of attention. Current in\u00a0this month’s BJSM print edition, >6,000 people have already downloaded and digested it (free full text!). This October issue has been shaped by the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, one of BJSM’s 8 […]<\/p>\n

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