by Nicholas Joel Ripley, Steven Ross, Jack Fahey, Christopher Bramah, Paul Jones, Paul Comfort The assessment of rapid force within a single joint assessment is becoming common practice within elite sport environments. Recent observations have highlighted that rapid force maybe more sensitive to fatigue than peak force within the hamstrings.
Yet limited information exists on rapid force production in elite male soccer players. Eighty-nine senior professional men’s soccer players (age; 24.2 ± 5.1 years, height; 1.83 ± 0.05 m, mass; 78.95 ± 7.53 kg) participated within the present study they performed two isometric assessments at joint angles of 30° and 90° of hip flexion and knee.
They performed three trials with mean and standard deviation determined differences between soccer positions (defender, midfielder and strikers) and differences between limbs were determined via two-way ANOVA with post-hoc analysis.
PLOS ONE (Medicine) published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 21 Apr 2026.
The item focuses on Rapid isometric hamstring strength scores from professional soccer players at pre-season: Positional differences and relationship to peak force.
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