Researchers examined 942 professional and amateur soccer players, who were either placed in the intervention group that underwent a 10-week progressive eccentric training program in addition to a weekly seasonal program, or the control group that followed the usual training program.
There were 52 acute hamstring injuries in the control group, compared to 15 in the intervention group.
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