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.

Q: How can I tell if I ruptured my hamstring or just severely strained it? A: The hamstring muscle is actually three muscles in the back of the thigh, the biceps femoris (two associated muscles, so ...

The semitendinosus is one of the four muscles in the hamstring muscle group. The others are the semimembranosus and the biceps femoris. The semitendinosus is the longest of these muscles, and it runs ...

Background The hamstring injury mechanism was assessed by investigating the exercise-related metabolic activity characteristics of the hamstring muscles using a muscle functional MRI (mfMRI) protocol.

Background Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are prevalent in elite sports. Monitoring for (re-)injury prevention often includes tests such as the straight-leg-raise, reflecting the stiffness of all the ...

The three powerful muscles running down the back of your thigh are the semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and the bicep femoris. Together, these muscles are known as your hamstrings. The hamstring is ...