Eccentric Hamstring Muscle Strength during Home Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Football Competition Resumption in Professional Football Referees: A Prospective Observational Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Protocol
2.3. Measurement of Eccentric Hamstring Muscle Strength
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations
4.2. Practical Applications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Moreno-Pérez, V.; Madruga-Parera, M.; Romero-Rodríguez, D.; Sanchéz-Sanchéz, J.; Felipe, J.L.; Marcè-Hernández, L.; Recasens-Sarrà, E.; Del Coso, J. Eccentric Hamstring Muscle Strength during Home Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Football Competition Resumption in Professional Football Referees: A Prospective Observational Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9737. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189737
Moreno-Pérez V, Madruga-Parera M, Romero-Rodríguez D, Sanchéz-Sanchéz J, Felipe JL, Marcè-Hernández L, Recasens-Sarrà E, Del Coso J. Eccentric Hamstring Muscle Strength during Home Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Football Competition Resumption in Professional Football Referees: A Prospective Observational Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9737. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189737
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoreno-Pérez, Víctor, Marc Madruga-Parera, Daniel Romero-Rodríguez, Javier Sanchéz-Sanchéz, José Luis Felipe, Lluis Marcè-Hernández, Eudald Recasens-Sarrà, and Juan Del Coso. 2021. "Eccentric Hamstring Muscle Strength during Home Confinement Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Football Competition Resumption in Professional Football Referees: A Prospective Observational Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9737. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189737