15 Essential Hamstring Exercises to Build Muscle and Boost Your Athleticism
Your hamstrings actually consist of three main muscles: the semimembranosus, the semitendinosus, and the biceps femoris. The ...
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Sitting all day can cause weak hamstrings. Here’s how to strengthen them
The hamstring muscles include the biceps femoris, semimembranosus and semitendinosus. These muscles start at the hip and insert into the knee and lower leg, working together to help you flex (bend ...
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Hamstring injuries: Recovery time, can it ruin careers and footballers who suffered them
On the outside we have the semimembranosus and semitendinosus, while in the middle we have what is known as the biceps femoris. A hamstring injuries happen when the muscle is stretched beyond ...
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RECRUITMENT OF BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE REGIONS AT DIFFERENT RUNNING SPEEDS
occur in the late swing phase of high-speed running when hamstrings work eccentrically. The proximal region of the biceps femoris (BF) seems to be the most common site of injury. Elongation of the ...
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Medial and Lateral Hamstrings and Quadriceps Co-activation Affects Knee Joint Kinematics and ACL Elongation
The step-up with deliberate co-activation resulted in greater activation of the hamstrings, greater co-activation indices for semimembranosus-vastus medialis and biceps femoris-vastus lateralis ...
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Kettlebell swing targets semitendinosus and supine leg curl targets biceps femoris: an EMG study with rehabilitation implications
Electromyographic (EMG) activity of the lateral (biceps femoris – BF) and medial (semitendinosus – ST) hamstring muscle was measured during selected strengthening and balance/coordination exercises, ...