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Among hamstring injuries in professional football, 70% show no signs of fiber disruption on MRI. However, these relatively mild injuries account for fully half of the time players are kept out of play. Radiological grading may play an important prognostic role in predicting return to play, say these researchers who studied European football.
RESULT: Hamstring muscle injuries in professional football: the correlation of MRI findings with return to play
British Journal of Sports Medicine | Feb 1, 2012 (FREE FULL TEXT)
We simply don’t understand hamstring strain injuries well enough to do the best job of rehabilitation and prevention, say the authors of this editorial in the same issue. As so often is the case, they point out that existing studies are inadequate and underpowered. But beyond that, they say, the entire paradigm behind the studies is flawed. We are prone to a linear cause-and-effect mindset and don’t pay proper attention to the interactions between risk factors.
RESULT: Hamstring strain injuries: are we heading in the right direction?
British Journal of Sports Medicine | Feb 1, 2012 (FREE FULL TEXT)
