Muscle Injury Healing
A 25-year-old football player sustains a grade II hamstring strain during a sprint. MRI confirms partial tearing of the biceps femoris muscle belly with surrounding edema. He is keen to understand the healing process and timeline for return to sport. Regarding the phases of muscle injury healing:
Mark each as TRUE or FALSE
Muscle healing occurs in three overlapping phases: destruction/inflammation (days 1-3), repair/regen...
Satellite cells are the resident muscle stem cells located between the sarcolemma and basal lamina; ...
Muscle has no intrinsic regenerative capacity and heals entirely by scar formation; satellite cells ...
Fibrosis occurs when regeneration is overwhelmed; scar tissue has inferior mechanical properties and...
Early controlled mobilization promotes better muscle healing than prolonged immobilization; blood su...
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