Athletics, hockey, Rugby 7s and basketball are the sports at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where athletes are most likely to incur hamstring injuries.
Griffith University sports lecturer Dr Steven Duhig, from the School of Allied Health Sciences, says these are the featured sports which involve high-speed running, a risk factor in developing the traumatic injury.
“The hamstring strain injury is a common and problematic injury across sports involving high-speed running. Once an initial injury occurs, the propensity for reoccurrence is high.”
To coincide with 2018 Commonwealth Games, Dr Duhig and Dr Matthew Bourne, also from the School of Allied Health Sciences, are hosting a Hamstring Injury Symposium on Friday, April 6 at Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus.
“With presentations from leading sports medicine professionals from Australia and internationally, the symposium will provide an overview of current sports medicine research for the support staff connected with each of the visiting teams in the 2018 Commonwealth
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