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| Research Title: |
The effect of sports specific training on reducing the incidence of hamstring injuries in professional Australian Rules football players. |
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Publication Articles |
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Preventative Techniques
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| Keywords: |
Training, Hamstring, Australian Rules football, Muscle strain, Stretching, Anaerobic
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| Author(s): |
G M Verrall, J P Slavotinek, P G Barnes |
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| Release Date: |
13 November 2006 |
| Research Summary/Text: |
Australian Rules football has a high incidence of hamstring injury due in part to the intensive repeated sprinting efforts of players over a relatively prolonged period. An Australian Rules team with a yearly total of 70 players and an average playing season of 24 games participated in a study of injury incidence before and after the sports specific training intervention which was delivered after the first two seasons. The training program entailed stretching while fatigued, specialist drills and an emphasis on increasing the amount of high intensity anaerobic interval training.
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| Research Objectives: |
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an intervention program on the number of athletes having, and the consequences of, hamstring muscle strain injuries.
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| Research Outcomes: |
In this study, all hamstring injuries resulted in missed match playing time. There was a significant reduction in the number of injuries observed and competition games missed in the seasons following the intervention program.
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| Research Implications: |
Hamstring injury prevention programs in sports such as Australian Rules football where there is high intensity anaerobic interval running should consider:
improving the training regime to more accurately reflect match playing conditions;
improve fatigue resistance of the hamstring muscle; and
induce a change in the viscoelastic properties of muscle so as to increase energy absorption and decrease load on the muscle-tendon unit for any given length especially in body positions of function and vulnerability to injury.
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