The NFL's Scientific Advisory Board will fund a four-year, $4 million study to help investigate the prevention and treatment of hamstring injuries, per Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press.
"When you look at the burden of injury overall, lower-extremity injuries and strains are the No. 1 time-loss injury in the NFL," NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said. "It’s a huge problem that keeps our players off the field, so it’s become a priority of ours."
Per Maaddi, hamstring injuries are the most common injury in the NFL, with 75 percent of them resulting in missed action.