RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multifactorial individualised programme for hamstring muscle injury risk reduction in professional football: protocol for a prospective cohort study
JF BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
JO BMJ OPEN SP EX MED
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e000758
DO 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000758
VO 6
IS 1
A1 Johan Lahti
A1 Jurdan Mendiguchia
A1 Juha Ahtiainen
A1 Luis Anula
A1 Tuomas Kononen
A1 Mikko Kujala
A1 Anton Matinlauri
A1 Ville Peltonen
A1 Max Thibault
A1 Risto-Matti Toivonen
A1 Pascal Edouard
A1 Jean Benoit Morin
YR 2020
UL http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000758.abstract
AB Introduction Hamstring muscle injuries (HMI) continue to plague professional football. Several scientific publications have encouraged a multifactorial approach; however, no multifactorial HMI risk reduction studies have been conducted in professional football. Furthermore, individualisation of HMI management programmes has only been researched in a rehabilitation setting. Therefore, this study aims to determine if a specific multifactorial and individualised programme can reduce HMI occurrence in professional football.Methods and analysis We conducted a prospective cohort study over two seasons within the Finnish Premier League and compare the amount of HMI sustained during a control season to an intervention season. Injury data and sport exposure were collected during the two seasons (2019–2020), and a multifactorial and individualised HMI risk reduction programme will be implemented during intervention season (2020). After a hamstring screening protocol is completed, individual training will be defined for each player within several categories: lumbo-pelvic control, range of motion, posterior chain strength, sprint mechanical output and an additional non-individualised ‘training for all players’ category. Screening and respective updates to training programmes were conducted three times during the season. The outcome will be to compare if there is a significant effect of the intervention on the HMI occurrence using Cox regression analysis.Ethics and dissemination Approval for the injury and sport exposure data collection was obtained by the Saint-Etienne University Hospital Ethics Committee (request number: IORG0007394; record number IRBN322016/CHUSTE). Approval for the intervention season was obtained from the Central Finland healthcare District (request and record number: U6/2019).