The dose?response of pain throughout a Nordic hamstring exercise intervention

Fearghal P. Behan; David A. Opar; Robin Vermeulen; Ryan G. Timmins; Rodney Whiteley

doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14317

The dose?response of pain throughout a Nordic hamstring exercise intervention

Fearghal P. Behan, David A. Opar, Robin Vermeulen, Ryan G. Timmins, Rodney Whiteley

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The Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) reduces hamstring injury incidence. Compliance to large exercise volumes of the NHE is poor, with exercise related soreness often seen as a contributing factor. We investigated the dose–response of NHE exposure with delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and non-DOMS pain. Forty males were randomized to a 6-week intervention of four different NHE dosages: Group 1: very low volume; Group 2: low volume; Group 3: initial high to low volume; Group 4: low to high volume. Group 4 experienced more DOMS (p < 0.05) and non-DOMS pain (p = 0.030) than other groups. High volumes of NHE increase DOMS and non-DOMS pain while lower volume protocols have lesser DOMS and non-DOMS pain responses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	542-546
Number of pages	5
Journal	Scandinavian journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Volume	33
Issue number	4
Early online date	2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14317
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023

Keywords

delayed onset muscle soreness
eccentric exercise
hamstring strain injuries
injury prevention

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