Posterior thigh muscle injuries in elite track and field athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1813-1819

  Malliaropoulos, Nikolaos ^b   Papacostas, Emmanuel ^b   Kiritsi, Olga ^b   Papalada, Agapi ^b   Gougoulias, Nikolaos ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^a,d  

^a Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Sports Medicine Clinic of SEGAS   (Greece)

^c FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete; Classification; Hamstrings; Knee range of motion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPORT; THIGH; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; THIGH; TIME FACTORS; TRACK AND FIELD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957793333     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510366423     Document Type: Article

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