Risk Factors of Hamstring Strain in Football Players

The objective of this study was to determine the risk factors for hamstring strain in football players. A observational study was conducted among football players of different clubs of Lahore Convenient sampling technique was used. A questionnaire was distributed among 138 players to collect the data. The mean age of hamstring injury that is calculated in this study is 24.623.477SD. The other risk factor are insufficient cool down.75 (54.3 %) out 138 did not perform cool down after the match.107 (77.5 %) were did not stretch after the match.89 (64.5 %) players out of 138 were found with the complaint of fatigue.52 (37.7 %) Respondents had experienced hamstring injury second time.38 (27.5 %) Respondents had experienced hamstring injury third time. The frequency of football players who were defender was 79 (52.2 %). The frequency of football players who were striker was 51 (37.0 %).90 (65.2 %) out of 138 players of were found with history of hamstring injury.24 (17.4 %) out of 138 players of football were found with history of back injury.79 (57.2) out of 138 players were found with history of knee injury.68 (49.3 %) out of 138 players were found with a history of groin injury. This study was undertaken to address, the information on risk factors for hamstring strain. Overall, the study identified a number of potential causal relations between baseline factors and hamstring injury. In particular, age, cool down, stretching after match, complaints of fatigue, playing position and previous history of back, hamstring, knee and groin injury were significant risk factors for hamstring strain.