The Relationship Between Running Load, Strength, Muscle Architecture and Hamstring Strain Injury Across Two Seasons of Elite Male Australian Football: A Prospective Cohort Study
Combining measures of running load exposure with hamstring strength and architecture, increases the variance explained by multivariate models for determining HSI risk. Despite this, there was still approximately 80% of unexplained variance in sustaining a HSI in this study.
Authors
- Rich D. Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6618-2853)
- Nirav Maniar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6180-6003)
- David A. Opar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-6353)
- Jack Hickey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-698X)
- Ryan G. Timmins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4964-1848)
- Ray Breed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9267-8390)
- Morgan Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7685-8914)
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- Federation University (AU)
- National University of Ireland, Maynooth (IE)
- Mind Australia (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine - Open
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00944-4
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00