Hamstring Strains and Tears in the Athlete

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-272

  Ali, Kashif ^a   Leland, J Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Hamstring; Proximal hamstring repair; Proximal hamstring rupture; Repair; Rupture; Strain; Tear

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ATHLETE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRAIN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RUPTURE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 84856876588     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: 1556228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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