Research Article Efficacy of the “Nordic Hamstring” Exercise as a Prevention Method for Hamstring Muscle Injuries in Young Football Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial
by Efficacy of the “Nordic Hamstring” Exercise as a Prevention Method for Hamstring Muscle Injuries in Young Football Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Danilo Bruni1, Rosa Grazia Bellomo2, Roberta Giorgio1, Andrea Pantalone1, Enrica Chiaia Noya3, Carlo De Serio3, Claudia Barbato4*
1Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University of Study G. d’Annunzio, Chieti/Pescara, Italy
2Department of Medicine and Surgery, Lum University Bari, Italy
3Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy
4Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Study of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
*Corresponding author: Claudia Barbato, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Study of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
Received Date: 18 July 2025
Accepted Date: 23 July 2025
Published Date: 25 July 2025
Citation: Bruni D, Bellomo RG, Giorgio R, Pantalone A, Noya EC, et al. (2025) Efficacy of the “Nordic Hamstring” Exercise as a Prevention Method for Hamstring Muscle Injuries in Young Football Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Surg 10: 11392 https://doi.org/10.29011/2575-9760.011392
Abstract
Hamstring muscle injuries are very common, accounting for 12-26% of all injuries occurring during sports activities, particularly in sports involving sprints or repetitive kicks, such as soccer, American football, rugby, and athletics. Moreover, they present a recurrence risk of 14-63% among athletes [1]. In soccer, muscle injuries represent 31% of all injuries and account for 27% of the total time missed from the field. The hamstrings are involved in 37% of muscle injuries, making them the most commonly affected muscle group [2]. During the 2023/2024 football season, collaboration was carried out with a large number of young athletes aged between 13 and 18 years at the youth sector of Delfino Pescara 1936. By consulting the most recent research published on PubMed regarding hamstring injury prevention, it was decided to implement a preventive program based on one of the most widely used exercises in recent years, the Nordic Hamstring exercise. The execution method of this exercise will be discussed in the following chapter. Despite the fact that the use of this exercise as a preventive tool has been addressed in several studies, an attempt was made to assess its effectiveness.
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