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Therapeutic interventions for acute hamstring injuries: a systematic review.

Gustaaf Reurink¹, Gert Jan Goudswaard, Johannes L Tol

¹Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. g.reurink@erasmusmc.nl.

British Journal of Sports Medicine

|November 1, 2011

Summary

Limited evidence supports interventions for acute hamstring injuries. Stretching, agility, trunk stability exercises, and injections show some promise, but high-quality research is lacking.

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Area of Science:

Sports Medicine
Rehabilitation Science

Background:

Hamstring injuries are common, yet treatment strategies lack consensus.
New injection therapies are emerging for hamstring injury management.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically review the literature on the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for acute hamstring injuries.

Main Methods:

Searched six major databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus) in May 2011.
Included prospective studies comparing interventions or controls for acute hamstring injuries.
Assessed study eligibility, risk of bias, and quality using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database score.
Employed a best evidence synthesis approach.

Main Results:

Six studies were included in this systematic review.
Limited evidence supports stretching, agility, trunk stability exercises, intramuscular actovegin injections, and slump stretching for acute hamstring injuries.
Limited evidence suggests non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and sacroiliac joint manipulation have no effect.

Conclusions:

High-quality studies on acute hamstring injury treatment are scarce.
Current evidence for interventions like stretching, exercises, and injections is limited.
Further research with robust methodology (control groups, randomization, blinding) is necessary.