British journal of sports medicine
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Multicenter Study
A prospective cohort study of hamstring injuries in competitive sprinters: preseason muscle imbalance as a possible risk factor.
Hamstring injuries are common in sprinters. Identifying preseason risk factors is essential to target injury-prone athletes and develop injury preventive measures. ⋯ Performing preseason hamstring : quadriceps peak torque ratio assessments may be useful to identify sprinters susceptible to hamstring injury.