Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 136-140 , May 2010

Hamstring muscle forces prior to and immediately following an acute sprinting-related muscle strain injury

  • Anthony G. Schache

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 03 8344 6748; fax: +61 03 8344 4290.
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  • Hyung-Joo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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  • David L. Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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  • Marcus G. Pandy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

Received 3 September 2009 ,Revised 23 December 2009 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00076-7

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.03.006

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 136-140 , May 2010

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