Hamstring injuries in professional football players: Magnetic resonance imaging correlation with return to play

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-430

  Cohen, Steven B ^a   Towers, Jeffrey D ^b   Zoga, Adam ^a   Irrgang, Jay J ^b   Makda, Junaid ^a   Deluca, Peter F ^a   Bradley, James P ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hamstring strain; magnetic resonance imaging; professional football; return to sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755206111     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111403107     Document Type: Review

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