SIM, AYLWIN, TIMMINS, RYAN G., RUDDY, JOSHUA D., SHEN, HAIFENG, LIAO, KEWEN, MANIAR, NIRAV, Hickey, Jack, WILLIAMS, MORGAN D. and OPAR, DAVID A. (2024) Hamstring Strain Injury Risk Factors in Australian Football Change over the Course of the Season. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 56 (2). pp. 297-306. ISSN 0195-9131
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine which factors were most predictive of hamstring strain injury (HSI) during different stages of the competition in professional Australian Football.
Methods
Across two competitive seasons, eccentric knee flexor strength and biceps femoris long head architecture of 311 Australian Football players (455 player seasons) were assessed at the start and end of preseason and in the middle of the competitive season. Details of any prospective HSI were collated by medical staff of participating teams. Multiple logistic regression models were built to identify important risk factors for HSI at the different time points across the season.
Results
There were 16, 33, and 21 new HSIs reported in preseason, early in-season, and late in-season, respectively, across two competitive seasons. Multivariate logistic regression and recursive feature selection revealed that risk factors were different for preseason, early in-season, and late in-season HSIs. A combination of previous HSI, age, height, and muscle thickness were most associated with preseason injuries (median area under the curve [AUC], 0.83). Pennation angle and fascicle length had the strongest association with early in-season injuries (median AUC, 0.86). None of the input variables were associated with late in-season injuries (median AUC, 0.46). The identification of early in-season HSI and late in-season HSI was not improved by the magnitude of change of data across preseason (median AUC, 0.67).
Conclusions
Risk factors associated with prospective HSI were different across the season in Australian Rules Football, with nonmodifiable factors (previous HSI, age, and height) mostly associated with preseason injuries. Early in-season HSI were associated with modifiable factors, notably biceps femoris long head architectural measures. The prediction of in-season HSI was not improved by assessing the magnitude of change in data across preseason.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Hamstring Strain; Injury Risk Factors; Australian Football; Change; Course of the Season; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Sports Science and Nutrition |
Item ID: | 19691 |
Identification Number: | 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003297 |
Depositing User: | Jack Hickey |
Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2025 13:37 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise |
Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19691 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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