The mechanism of hamstring injuries – a systematic review

Table 2 Summary of the suggested hamstring injury mechanisms and most injury-prone phase stratified by results and method used to investigate injury mechanism

Results according to injury mechanism and study method	Number of studies
Stretch-type injury	3
Hyperextension [19, 31, 45]	3
Kinematics	10
Swing phase [32, 35, 37, 46, 47, 52, 53]	7
Stance phase [28, 39]	2
Both phases [51]	1
Kinematics with electromyographic analysis	9
Swing phase [33, 34, 36, 38, 48]	5
Stance phase [41]	1
Two phases [44, 54]	2
Other [42, 43]	2
Strength	3
Fatigue [40, 49]	2
Asymmetrical activation [50]	1

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