Hamstring muscle strain injuries: What can we learn from history?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 900-903

  Hamilton, Bruce ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ENZYME; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HISTORY; HUMAN; INJURY; MYOSITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; RUPTURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT INJURY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ENZYMES; HEMORRHAGE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; REGENERATION; RUPTURE; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 84867231509     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-090931     Document Type: Review

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