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Does Isokinetic strength testing predict hamstring injuries in sports?

Leave a Comment / Hamstring, Hamstring, hamstring, Injury Research, Tests & Assessments, Tests & Assessments / By Rajpal Brar

Research Reviewed: Isokinetic strength assessment offers limited predictive validity for detecting risk of future hamstring strain in sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Green et al, BJSM 2017 Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are all too common amongst sports that require high velocity and force, including sprinting, kicking, and prolonged high-speed runs. A common assessment tool …

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Explaining Trent Alexander-Arnold’s hamstring injury & timeline scenarios

Leave a Comment / Athlete Injury, Football (Soccer), Hamstring, Hamstring, LiverpoolFC, Muscular Injuries, Sports Medicine, Trent Alexander-Arnold / By Rajpal Brar

Liverpool RB Trent Alexander-Arnold has a hamstring injury with the England international expected to be out “weeks” according to manager Jurgen Klopp. Timeline scenarios Trent’s timeline will come down to the severity & location of the tear. Grade 1 tears average 1-2 weeks, grade 2 tears 3-4 weeks, and grade 3 tears 6+ weeks depending …

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Explaining Kingsley Coman’s left knee capsular tear, good fortune, and return timetable

Leave a Comment / Athlete Injury, foot/ankle, Lower Body, soccer / By Rajpal Brar

Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT explains Bayern Munich starlet Kingsley Coman’s left knee injury – which included a capsular tear, biceps femoris strain, and “jarring of the knee joint, return timeline, and the major risk moving forward.

The three do’s and don’t for runners after hamstring injury

Leave a Comment / Running / By Rajpal Brar

Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT & owner of 3CB Performance explains three key do’s and don’ts for runners after a hamstring injury that will aide or hinder their recovery and risk for re-injury.