Hamstring injuries. Current trends in treatment and prevention

Sports Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 397-404

  Kujala, Urho M ^a,d   Orava, Sakari ^b   Järvinen, Markku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Hospital Meditori   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d U for Sports and Exercise Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST AID; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REST; REVIEW; RISK;

EID: 0030804801     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199723060-00005     Document Type: Review

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