Episode 38: The Nordic Hamstring Curl, Screening, and Injury Risk: What We Know with Dr. Nicol van Dyk



What does the current evidence tell us about the effects of Nordic Hamstring Curl on injury rates? What does injury “prevention” really mean, and what factors should we consider to decrease risk? We discuss these things and much more with clinical researcher Dr. Nicol van Dyk.

Learn about the ClinicalAthlete Community: https://www.clinicalathlete.com

Follow Nicol on Twitter:
@nicolvandyk

Nicol’s recent paper on the Nordic hamstring curl
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/02/26/bjsports-2018-100045

Nicol’s Google Scholar citation page:
http://bit.ly/2vbIa3j

Nicol’s ResearchGate page:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicol_Van_Dyk/research
Nicol’s paper on screening:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643091
Roald Bahr’s paper on screening:
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/13/776
Nicol’s Power BI tool to assess the influence of each study on the evidence of nordic hamstring curls: http://bit.ly/2IviOoD

Recent papers on using systematic reviews to guide practice:
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/08/bjsports-2018-099958
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/04/08/bjsports-2018-099959