“In particular, the lateral hamstring, [the] biceps femoris, helps to reduce the risk of ACL injuries, knee shearing forces, and twisting,” Van Paris adds.

Background: Many injury prevention and rehabilitation programs aim to train hamstring and quadriceps co-activation to constrain excessive anterior tibial translation and protect the anterior ...

Background The medial hamstring muscle has the potential to prevent excessive dynamic valgus and external rotation of the knee joint during sports. Thus, specific training targeting the medial ...

Build quad, hamstring, glute, and calf muscle and strength by adding side lunges (lateral lunges) into your leg workouts and total body workouts.

The side or lateral lunge strengthens the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, adductors and core to help you ward off injuries. nortonrsx/iStockphoto/Getty Images Side-lunge modifications ...

Whether you're active or sedentary, if you have tightness in your body, it's likely in your hips and hamstrings. ... 2. 1/2 Seated lunge with lateral lean. 3.Figure 4.

This was a descriptive cohort study of healthy males from a single professional rugby union club. A CT scan of each participant's dominant knee was acquired. Participants then performed two step ...