Research Unpacked: Dr Andras Hegyi - Part 2 -Hamstring Research

Episode 91: For this second Research Unpacked style episode Alistair McKenzie chats to Dr Andras Hegyi a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Nantes, France. For part two Alistair and Andras continue discussing his hamstring muscle research.        Part two topics discussed:      Regional differences in a various of hamstring exercises typically used in rehab and strength and conditioning Overall muscle activity vs between muscle activation vs within-muscle differences  Perspectives on hamstring training for sprint performance and injury rehab - what are we trying to achieve? The affect if velocity on muscle activity  Clinical implications and from both studies and how they may influence decision making when prescribing exercises Future research      Hegyi, A., Csala, D., Péter, A., Finni, T., & Cronin, N. J. (2019). High-density electromyography activity in various hamstring exercises. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 29(1), 34–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13303         Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30230042/         Where you can find Andras:   Twitter  LinkedIn Research Gate     Sponsor Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training     Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:   Instagram Twitter Our Website   Our Team   Andy McDonald Ben Ashworth Alistair McKenzie