The hamstrings first of all are a group of 3 main muscles which control hip and pelvis, knee and thigh movement. The biceps femoris is the lateral hamstring and consists of a short and long head.

The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate whether hamstring-quadriceps co-activation altered knee joint motion and limited ACL elongation during a step-up task. Although preliminary ...

Thus, specific training targeting the medial hamstring muscle seems important to avoid knee injuries. Objective The aim was to investigate the medial and lateral hamstring muscle activation balance ...

The accepted impedance was 2 kΩ. EMG activity was measured from the vastus medialis oblique, medial hamstring (MH), and lateral hamstring (LH) in the thigh, and the medial gastrocnemius (MG), lateral ...

ST KILDA forward Beau Maister will miss up to eight weeks with a serious hamstring injury after undergoing surgery on Friday. Maister damaged the lateral hamstring tendon behind his left knee when he ...