Introduction
Hamstring injuries are a prevailing issue in running and field-based sports, comprising roughly 10% of all sports injuries and exhibiting high recurrence rates of 15–70%. These injuries significantly affect athlete performance, team outcomes, and healthcare costs. Despite decades of targeted resistance training interventions for prevention, injury rates remain stubbornly high. This underscores an unmet clinical need for a refined understanding of injury mechanisms and evidence-based rehabilitation practices to mitigate risk effectively.
