Differences in the effects of "Nordic Hamstring exercises" vs. "Eccentric Exercises" Protocols on Hamstring Strength in amateur soccer players universitary

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v62.107946

Keywords:

Strength training, hamstrings, isokinetic dynamometry, muscle strength, strain injury

Abstract

Introduction: Hamstring injuries have a high incidence in sports, so prevention through training is imperative. The effectiveness of different exercises is constantly sought and evaluated; especially eccentric exercises due to their protective effect. Objective: Compare and observe differences in Work and Peak Torque in the representation of Hamstring strength, through isokinetic dynamometry pre and post execution of eccentric training programs. Methodology: 2 groups of random training, both of which undergo isokinetic evaluation for hamstrings, at speeds of 60°/s and 180°/s bilaterally; Subsequently, a 6-week training was carried out; Group 1 (G1) performed a “Nordic Curl” (CN) training, and Group 2 (G2) an eccentric program (EE) excluding the CN, after the program they were re-evaluated. Results: Both training sessions showed significant differences (p<0.05) in average eccentric strength gain, but not in maximum repetitions (p>0.05). On the other hand, both trainings show large effect sizes. There were no significant differences between the workouts when comparing them in strength gain. Conclusion: The Nordic curl training program (G1) and eccentric exercises that exclude the CN (G2) have proven to be a viable option to generate neuromuscular adaptations that translate into eccentric strength gain and reduction in the risk of injury, thanks to the Optimization of functional ratios.

References

Aagaard, P., Simonsen, E. B., Magnusson, S. P., Larsson, B., & Dyhre-Poulsen, P. (1998). A new concept for isokinetic hamstring: quadriceps muscle strength ratio. Am J Sports Med, 26(2), 231-237. doi:10.1177/03635465980260021201

Aagaard, P., Simonsen, E. B., Trolle, M., Bangsbo, J., & Klausen, K. (1995). Isokinetic hamstring/quadriceps strength ratio: influence from joint angular velocity, gravity correction and contraction mode. Acta Physiol Scand, 154(4), 421-427. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1716.1995.tb09927.x

Afanador, D. F. (2022). La individualización dentro del deporte colectivo: Apuesta por una prescripción profesional y responsable. Movimiento Científico, 16(1), 49-55.

Al Attar, W. S. A., Soomro, N., Sinclair, P. J., Pappas, E., & Sanders, R. H. (2017). Effect of Injury Prevention Programs that Include the Nordic Hamstring Exercise on Hamstring Injury Rates in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Med, 47(5), 907-916. doi:10.1007/s40279-016-0638-2

Alt, T., Severin, J., Komnik, I., Nodler, Y. T., Benker, R., Knicker, A. J., . . . Strüder, H. K. (2021). Nordic Hamstring Exercise training induces improved lower-limb swing phase mechanics and sustained strength preservation in sprinters. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 31(4), 826-838. doi:10.1111/sms.13909

Angulo-Gómez, E., Hernándiz-González, J., Portes-Junior, M., Hernández-Mosqueira, C., &, & Hermosilla-Palma, F. (2022). Efectos de un protocolo de entrenamiento excéntrico sobre el rendimiento de velocidad en adolescentes de Chile. MHSALUD Revista en Ciencias del Movimiento Humano y Salud, 19(1), 29-40. doi:https://doi.org/10.15359/mhs.19-1.3

Arnason, A., Andersen, T. E., Holme, I., Engebretsen, L., & Bahr, R. (2008). Prevention of hamstring strains in elite soccer: an intervention study. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 18(1), 40-48. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00634.x

Baltzopoulos, V., & Brodie, D. A. (1989). Isokinetic dynamometry. Applications and limitations. Sports Med, 8(2), 101-116. doi:10.2165/00007256-198908020-00003

Barry Dale, R., & Ogletree, T. (2005). Muscle Endurance and Functional Rehabilitation. Athletic therapy today: the journal for sports health care professionals, 10(5), 70-71. doi:10.1123/att.10.5.70

Carpenter, J., Pocock, S., & Lamm, C. J. (2002). Coping with missing data in clinical trials: a model-based approach applied to asthma trials. Stat Med, 21(8), 1043-1066. doi:10.1002/sim.1065

Chang, J. S., Kayani, B., Plastow, R., Singh, S., Magan, A., & Haddad, F. S. (2020). Management of hamstring injuries: current concepts review. Bone Joint J, 102-b(10), 1281-1288. doi:10.1302/0301-620x.102b10.Bjj-2020-1210.R1

Chesterton, P., Draper, G., Portas, M., & Tears, C. (2022). The Uptake of Nordic Hamstring Exercise Program for Injury Prevention in Major League Soccer and Its Barriers to Implementation in Practice. J Sport Rehabil, 31(5), 576-581. doi:10.1123/jsr.2021-0262

Croisier, J. L. (2004). Factors associated with recurrent hamstring injuries. Sports Med, 34(10), 681-695. doi:10.2165/00007256-200434100-00005

Croisier, J. L., Ganteaume, S., Binet, J., Genty, M., & Ferret, J. M. (2008). Strength imbalances and prevention of hamstring injury in professional soccer players: a prospective study. Am J Sports Med, 36(8), 1469-1475. doi:10.1177/0363546508316764

Cuthbert, M., Ripley, N., McMahon, J. J., Evans, M., Haff, G. G., & Comfort, P. (2020). The Effect of Nordic Hamstring Exercise Intervention Volume on Eccentric Strength and Muscle Architecture Adaptations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses. Sports Med, 50(1), 83-99. doi:10.1007/s40279-019-01178-7

Danes Daetz, C., Rojas Toro, F., & Tapia Mendoza, V. (2020). Lesiones deportivas en deportistas universitarios chilenos (Sports injuries in Chilean university athletes). Retos, 38(0), 490-496. doi:10.47197/retos.v38i38.74745

Delextrat, A., Piquet, J., Matthews, M. J., & Cohen, D. D. (2018). Strength-Endurance Training Reduces the Hamstrings Strength Decline Following Simulated Football Competition in Female Players. Front Physiol, 9, 1059. doi:10.3389/fphys.2018.01059

Delvaux, F., Schwartz, C., Decréquy, T., Devalckeneer, T., Paulus, J., Bornheim, S., . . . Croisier, J. L. (2020). Influence of a Field Hamstring Eccentric Training on Muscle Strength and Flexibility. Int J Sports Med, 41(4), 233-241. doi:10.1055/a-1073-7809

Edouard, P., Mendiguchia, J., Guex, K., Lathi, J., Samozino, P., & , & Morin, J. B. (2019). Sprinting: a potential vaccine for hamstring injury? Sport performance science reports, 2019, 1-2.

Ekstrand, J., Hägglund, M., & Waldén, M. (2011). Injury incidence and injury patterns in professional football: the UEFA injury study. Br J Sports Med, 45(7), 553-558. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2009.060582

Garrett, W. E., Jr. (1990). Muscle strain injuries: clinical and basic aspects. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 22(4), 436-443.

Gérard, R., Gojon, L., Decleve, P., & Van Cant, J. (2020). The Effects of Eccentric Training on Biceps Femoris Architecture and Strength: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis. J Athl Train, 55(5), 501-514. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-194-19

González, M., Montoya, B., Jiménez, A., Salazar, M., Aedo-Muñoz, E., Miarka, B., & , & Arriagada-Tarifeño, D. (2024). Revisión sistematizada: Evaluación isocinética en la valoración deportiva de extremidad superior (Systematized review: Isokinetic evaluation in the assessment of upper extremity sports). Retos, 58, 95-107. doi:10.47197/retos.v58.104181

Gouveia, J. N., França, C., Martins, F., Henriques, R., Nascimento, M. M., Ihle, A., . . . Gouveia É, R. (2023). Characterization of Static Strength, Vertical Jumping, and Isokinetic Strength in Soccer Players According to Age, Competitive Level, and Field Position. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(3). doi:10.3390/ijerph20031799

Guex, K., & Millet, G. P. (2013). Conceptual framework for strengthening exercises to prevent hamstring strains. Sports Med, 43(12), 1207-1215. doi:10.1007/s40279-013-0097-y

Habets, B., Staal, J. B., Tijssen, M., & van Cingel, R. (2018). Intrarater reliability of the Humac NORM isokinetic dynamometer for strength measurements of the knee and shoulder muscles. BMC Res Notes, 11(1), 15. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3128-9

Häkkinen, K., & Komi, P. V. (1986). Training-induced changes in neuromuscular performance under voluntary and reflex conditions. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol, 55(2), 147-155. doi:10.1007/bf00714997

Hewett, T. E., Myer, G. D., & Zazulak, B. T. (2008). Hamstrings to quadriceps peak torque ratios diverge between sexes with increasing isokinetic angular velocity. J Sci Med Sport, 11(5), 452-459. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2007.04.009

Huesa Jiménez, F., García Díaz, J., & Vargas Montes, J. (2005). Dinamometría isocinética. Rehabilitación, 39(6), 288-296. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7120(05)74362-0

Huygaerts, S., Cos, F., Cohen, D. D., Calleja-González, J., Guitart, M., Blazevich, A. J., & Alcaraz, P. E. (2020). Mechanisms of Hamstring Strain Injury: Interactions between Fatigue, Muscle Activation and Function. Sports (Basel), 8(5). doi:10.3390/sports8050065

Ikezoe, T., Kobayashi, T., Nakamura, M., & Ichihashi, N. (2020). Effects of Low-Load, Higher-Repetition vs. High-Load, Lower-Repetition Resistance Training Not Performed to Failure on Muscle Strength, Mass, and Echo Intensity in Healthy Young Men: A Time-Course Study. J Strength Cond Res, 34(12), 3439-3445. doi:10.1519/jsc.0000000000002278

Islam, M., & De, A. (2018). Functional Hamstring to Quadriceps Strength Ratio (H:Q) and Hamstrings Injury of Soccer Players: A Qualitative Analysis. Orthopedics and sports medicine: open access journal.

Jeon, S., Ye, X., Miller, W. M., & Song, J. S. (2022). Effect of repeated eccentric exercise on muscle damage markers and motor unit control strategies in arm and hand muscle. Sports Med Health Sci, 4(1), 44-53. doi:10.1016/j.smhs.2021.12.002

Knapik, J. J., Bauman, C. L., Jones, B. H., Harris, J. M., & Vaughan, L. (1991). Preseason strength and flexibility imbalances associated with athletic injuries in female collegiate athletes. Am J Sports Med, 19(1), 76-81. doi:10.1177/036354659101900113

Mair, S. D., Seaber, A. V., Glisson, R. R., & Garrett, W. E., Jr. (1996). The role of fatigue in susceptibility to acute muscle strain injury. Am J Sports Med, 24(2), 137-143. doi:10.1177/036354659602400203

Martínez, J. P. M., Gómez, J. P., & , & Vivas, J. C. (2016). Efecto de la fatiga en el ratio isquiotibiales: cuádriceps. Revisión sistemática. Archivos de medicina del deporte: revista de la Federación Española de Medicina del Deporte y de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Medicina del Deporte, 33(174), 267-275.

McHugh, M. P. (2003). Recent advances in the understanding of the repeated bout effect: the protective effect against muscle damage from a single bout of eccentric exercise. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 13(2), 88-97. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.02477.x

Miralles-Iborra, A., Elvira, J. L. L., Urban, T., Calado, A., Del Coso, J., & Moreno-Pérez, V. (2023). Agreement between isokinetic eccentric hamstring strength, Nordic hamstring strength and Nordic break-point angle in a sample of trained and healthy individuals. Eur J Sport Sci, 23(2), 155-164. doi:10.1080/17461391.2021.2014984

Mjølsnes, R., Arnason, A., Østhagen, T., Raastad, T., & Bahr, R. (2004). A 10-week randomized trial comparing eccentric vs. concentric hamstring strength training in well-trained soccer players. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 14(5), 311-317. doi:10.1046/j.1600-0838.2003.367.x

Peñailillo, L., Blazevich, A., Numazawa, H., & Nosaka, K. (2013). Metabolic and muscle damage profiles of concentric versus repeated eccentric cycling. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 45(9), 1773-1781. doi:10.1249/MSS.0b013e31828f8a73

Pérez-Castillo Í, M., Rueda, R., Bouzamondo, H., López-Chicharro, J., & Mihic, N. (2023). Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer). Front Physiol, 14, 1167449. doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1167449

Perrin, D. H., Robertson, R. J., & Ray, R. L. (1987). Bilateral lsokinetic Peak Torque, Torque Acceleration Energy, Power, and Work Relationships in Athletes and Nonathletes. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 9(5), 184-189. doi:10.2519/jospt.1987.9.5.184

Peterson, S. J., & Foley, S. (2021). Clinician's Guide to Understanding Effect Size, Alpha Level, Power, and Sample Size. Nutr Clin Pract, 36(3), 598-605. doi:10.1002/ncp.10674

Rico-González, A., &, & Morales-Hernández, A. G. (2021). El protocolo de curl Nórdico y sus efectos en jugadores de fútbol. Una revisión narrativa. Revista Digital: Actividad Física y Deporte, 7(2). doi:https://doi.org/10.31910/rdafd.v7.n2.2021.1905

Silvers-Granelli, H. J., Cohen, M., Espregueira-Mendes, J., & Mandelbaum, B. (2021). Hamstring muscle injury in the athlete: state of the art. J isakos, 6(3), 170-181. doi:10.1136/jisakos-2017-000145

Simpson, D., Ehrensberger, M., Nulty, C., Regan, J., Broderick, P., Blake, C., & Monaghan, K. (2019). Peak torque, rate of torque development and average torque of isometric ankle and elbow contractions show excellent test-retest reliability. Hong Kong Physiother J, 39(1), 67-76. doi:10.1142/s1013702519500069

Valdes, O., Inzulza, S., Collao, N., Garcia-Vicencio, S., Tufano, J. J., Earp, J., . . . Peñailillo, L. (2023). Eccentric Cycling Is an Alternative to Nordic Hamstring Exercise to Increase the Neuromuscular Function of Knee Flexors in Untrained Men. J Strength Cond Res, 37(11), 2158-2166. doi:10.1519/jsc.0000000000004529

van den Tillaar, R., Solheim, J. A. B., & Bencke, J. (2017). COMPARISON OF HAMSTRING MUSCLE ACTIVATION DURING HIGH-SPEED RUNNING AND VARIOUS HAMSTRING STRENGTHENING EXERCISES. Int J Sports Phys Ther, 12(5), 718-727.

van der Horst, N., Smits, D. W., Petersen, J., Goedhart, E. A., & Backx, F. J. (2015). The preventive effect of the nordic hamstring exercise on hamstring injuries in amateur soccer players: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Sports Med, 43(6), 1316-1323. doi:10.1177/0363546515574057

van Dyk, N., Behan, F. P., & Whiteley, R. (2019). Including the Nordic hamstring exercise in injury prevention programmes halves the rate of hamstring injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 8459 athletes. Br J Sports Med, 53(21), 1362-1370. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2018-100045

Downloads

Published

01-01-2025

Issue

Section

Original Research Article

How to Cite

Cancino-Jiménez, J. ., Tapia-Contreras, V., Nuñez-Coronado, O., Faúndez-Pozo, D., Retamal-Espinoza, M., Arriagada-Tarifeño, D. ., Cifuentes-Silva, E., & Aedo-Muñoz, E. . (2025). Differences in the effects of "Nordic Hamstring exercises" vs. "Eccentric Exercises" Protocols on Hamstring Strength in amateur soccer players universitary. Retos, 62, 295-303. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v62.107946