Orthopedics This Week

Hamstrings Under Pressure: What Really Loads Them — Sprinting or the RDL?

Fascinating study compares seven commonly prescribed exercises for hamstring strengthening, particularly for a return-to-sport after injury.
AOL

8 Hamstring Exercises You Can Do at Home for Lower-Body Strength and Stability

Ah, hamstrings: the middle child of muscle groups. While they might not be the sexiest parts of our bodies, strong hamstrings play a vital role in our overall strength and stability. To learn more ...
Medscape

What Are the Most Important Risk Factors for Hamstring Muscle Injury?

MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews up to August 2011, and 6 other databases were searched using words related to the study objective. Google Scholar was used to track citations, and ...
BMJ

Baseline clinical and MRI risk factors for hamstring reinjury showing the value of performing baseline MRI and delaying return to play: a multicentre, prospective cohort of 330 ...

Correspondence to Muhammad Ikhwan Zein, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands; m.i.zein{at}amsterdamumc.nl ...