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  • Enrolling Participants for Hamstring Injury Study

    Research Study at the Sports Optimization and Rehabilitation Lab

    PARTICIPANTS WANTED for a research study to determine the long-term effects of hamstring strain on muscle quality at the University of Connecticut’s Sports Optimization & Rehabilitation Laboratory in the department of Kinesiology.

    WHO CAN TAKE PART?  Anyone ages 18-40 who has suffered a unilateral (1 side of the body) hamstring strain and is cleared to exercise.

    WHAT DOES THE STUDY ENTAIL?  A single two hour visit during which ultrasound images of your hamstring muscles will be taken to assess muscle quality (structural changes, muscle stiffness, and fat infiltration) and will perform a series of hamstring strength and mobility tests.

    ARE THERE ANY INCENTIVES?  All participants will receive a $20 Amazon gift card

    For more information about the study please contact Jacob McDougle at Jacob.McDougle@uconn.edu.

    This research is conducted under the direction of Dr. Jacob Earp in the Department of Kinesiology and was approved by the IRB, Protocol #H21-0185.

    For more information, contact: Jacob McDougle at jacob.mcdougle@uconn.edu