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The Nordic curl has been suggested to prevent such injury, mainly due to its eccentric hamstring activation. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Objective<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> The objective of this study is to assess the eccentric force output and the regional biceps femoris excitation (proximal, mid, and distal) during conventional and 80\u00b0 of hip flexion of Nordic curl. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic> Thirty-nine participants (17 men: 22.6 [2.03]\u00a0y, 1.71 [0.09]\u00a0m, 73.6 [13.3]\u00a0kg; and 22 women: 24.4 [6.02]\u00a0y; 1.64 [0.08]\u00a0m; 62.2 [10.5]\u00a0kg) were included in the study. Hamstring strength was analyzed through a load cell and muscle activation assessed with an electromyographer in 3 muscle portions (proximal, mid, and distal). Mixed factorial analysis of variance was used to rate the differences. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic> The conventional Nordic curl showed higher muscle activation compared with the hip-flexed Nordic curl (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.001). No differences were observed in other factorial analysis. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic> The findings suggest that conventional Nordic curl induces higher biceps femoris muscle excitation across compared with 80\u00b0 hip-flexed Nordic curl. No differences were noted in muscle strength. The same force output with distinct levels of muscle activation may provide a progression system to implement hamstring training for injury prevention or even for exercise routine.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/jsr.2024-0003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,26]],"date-time":"2024-11-26T17:44:30Z","timestamp":1732643070000},"page":"428-435","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Eccentric Force and Regional Biceps Femoris Muscle Excitation During Conventional and 80\u00b0 Hip-Flexed Nordic Curl"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Arthur Ferreira","family":"Esqu\u00edrio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maressa","family":"da Rocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria de C\u00e1ssia","family":"Macedo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kariny Realino","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mayra Evelise","family":"dos Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michelle Almeida","family":"Barbosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alexandre Carvalho","family":"Barbosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Musculoskeletal Research Group\u2014NIME, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"r1","series-title":"J Orthop Sport Phys Ther","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"CPG1","DOI":"10.2519\/jospt.2022.0301","article-title":"Hamstring strain injury in athletes","volume":"52","author":"Martin RL","year":"2022","unstructured":"Martin RL, Cibulka MT, Bolgla LA, et\u00a0al. 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