Acute first-time hamstring strains during slow-speed stretching: Clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and recovery characteristics

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1716-1724

  Askling, Carl M ^a,b,d   Tengvar, Magnus ^c   Saartok, Tönu ^b   Thorstensson, Alf ^a  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Sophiahemmet Hospital   (Sweden)

^d Box 5626 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dancer; Hamstring; Magnetic resonance imaging; Palpation; Stretching; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DANCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HAMSTRING STRAIN; HIP FLEXION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; ISCHIUM; KNEE EXTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRATUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SEMIMEMBRANOSUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; TENDON; THIGH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DANCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; THIGH;

EID: 34748891242     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507303563     Document Type: Article

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