The hamstring muscles are responsible for your hip and knee movements in walking, squatting, bending your knees, and tilting your pelvis. Hamstring muscle injuries are the most common sports injury.

A pulled hamstring is a muscle injury resulting from a strain or tear in one or more of the muscles at the back of the thigh. When it happens, there may be a sudden, severe pain and a popping or ...

Background In athletics (track and field), hamstring muscle injury (HMI) represents an important challenge for athletes, health professionals, coaches and other stakeholders. Objectives 1) to describe ...