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Jason Krystofiak1,2,3,4, Sydney Asselstine2,5,4, Diana Toto1,2
1Section of Sports Medicine, RWJBarnabas Health, Livingston, New Jersey.
Objective:
To determine whether biceps femoris long head (BFlh) fascicle length (FL) is related to hamstring injury (HSI) risk in collegiate football athletes.
Design:
Retrospective cohort.
Setting:
University athletic medical center.
Participants:
Division I Collegiate football athletes (n = 129, age = 20.03 ± 1.68 years, body mass index = 29.50 ± 5.06 kg/m2).
Interventions:
Biceps femoris long head FL measurements were previously taken on the nondominant leg of each athlete. Presence or absence of HSI for 2 playing seasons and training camps was evaluated through retrospective review of medical records.
Main Outcome Measures:
Whether a shorter BFlh FL was associated with increased risk for any HSI.
Results:
Biceps femoris long head FL was not associated with HSI risk. Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 was incidentally found to be protective (odds ratio = 0.27, 95% confidence interval, 0.08-0.84, P = 0.03).
Conclusions:
Biceps femoris long head FL is not an ideal measurement for predicting risk of HSI in American football athletes.
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