Low Pre-Season Hamstring-to-Quadriceps Strength Ratio Identified in Players Who Further Sustained In-Season Hamstring Strain Injuries: A Retrospective Study from a Brazilian Serie A Team

• Published in: Sports (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 89
• Main Authors: Veeck, Filipe, Ruas, Cassio V, Pinto, Matheus Daros, Grazioli, Rafael, Cardoso, Gustavo Pacheco, Albuquerque, Thiago, Schipper, Lucas, Valente, Henrique Gonçalves, Santos, Victor H, Dornelles, Márcio, Rabaldo, Paulo, Rocha, Clarice S, Baroni, Bruno Manfredini, Cadore, Eduardo Lusa, Pinto, Ronei Silveira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Coaches & managers; Diagnosis; football; Football players; Hamstring muscles; hamstring strain injury; Injury prevention; isokinetic; Knee; Limbs; muscle strength balance; peak torque; Physical therapists; Physical therapy; Physiological aspects; Physiological research; Professional football; Quadriceps muscle; Ratios; Soccer; Sports injuries; Training; Brazil; isokinetic; football; muscle strength balance; peak torque; hamstring strain injury

A common pre-season injury prevention assessment conducted by professional football clubs is the hamstring-to-quadriceps (H:Q) strength ratio calculated by peak torque (PT). However, it is debatable whether players that present low pre-season H:Q ratios are more susceptible to further sustaining in-...