September 5, 2025SportsOpen Access

A Field-Based Screening Protocol for Hamstring Injury Risk in Football Players: Evaluating Its Functionality Using Exploratory Factor Analysis

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Cross-sectional analysis identifies key injury risk factors in football players, suggesting a new screening protocol.

The screening protocol identifies six main risk factors for hamstring injury, improving injury prevention strategies.
The approach reveals that hamstring and core endurance account for 20.2% of the total variance in injury risk assessment.
Exploratory factor analysis validates a practical screening model based on twenty-three variables from 99 football players.
This protocol may aid sports scientists in understanding hamstring injury risks in real-world field conditions.

Liveris et al. (2025) studied this question.

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