Is 80% running speed the equivalent to 80% load in the Hamstrings?

How do you know when you are ready to return to sports? If you can run at 80% sprinting speed you might think that you are 80% recovered but are you? Is 80% running speed the equivalent to 80% load in the Hamstrings?

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  • Chumanov, Elizabeth S., Bryan C. Heiderscheit, and Darryl G. Thelen. “The effect of speed and influence of individual muscles on hamstring mechanics during the swing phase of sprinting.” Journal of biomechanics 40.16 (2007): 3555-3562.

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