Muscle Injuries
A 24-year-old professional footballer sustains a hamstring injury during sprinting. He felt a sudden sharp pain in the posterior thigh and was unable to continue. Examination 48 hours later reveals tenderness over the proximal third of the biceps femoris muscle belly with bruising extending distally. MRI confirms a partial tear at the myotendinous junction with a cross-sectional area of 40% involvement. Regarding hamstring injuries:
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Hamstring injuries are among the most common injuries in sports involving sprinting and kicking; the...
Risk factors include: previous hamstring injury (greatest predictor - 2-6x increased risk), older ag...
The quadriceps is most commonly injured during sprinting; concentric contraction is the typical mech...
MRI grading includes: Grade I (less than 10% fibre disruption, minor oedema), Grade II (10-50% disru...
Rehabilitation follows a progressive approach: acute phase (POLICE - protect, optimal loading, ice, ...
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