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Thus, specific training targeting the medial hamstring muscle seems important to avoid knee injuries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim was to investigate the medial and lateral hamstring muscle activation balance during 14 selected therapeutic exercises.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study design involved single-occasion repeated measures in a randomised manner. Sixteen female elite handball and soccer players with a mean (SD) age of 23 (3) years and no previous history of knee injury participated in the present study. Electromyographic (EMG) activity of the lateral (biceps femoris \u2013 BF) and medial (semitendinosus \u2013 ST) hamstring muscle was measured during selected strengthening and balance\/coordination exercises, and normalised to EMG during isometric maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). A two-way analysis of variance was performed using the mixed procedure to determine whether differences existed in normalised EMG between exercises and muscles.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Kettlebell swing and Romanian deadlift targeted specifically ST over BF (\u039417\u201322%, p&lt;0.05) at very high levels of normalised EMG (73\u2013115% of MVC). In contrast, the supine leg curl and hip extension specifically targeted the BF over the ST (\u0394 20\u201323%, p&lt;0.05) at very high levels of normalised EMG (75\u201387% of MVC).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Specific therapeutic exercises targeting the hamstrings can be divided into ST dominant or BF dominant hamstring exercises. 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