Determinants of Return to Play after the Nonoperative Management of Hamstring Injuries in Athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2166-2172

  Fournier Farley, Camille ^a   Lamontagne, Martin ^a,b   Gendron, Patrick ^a   Gagnon, Dany H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

hamstring injury; imaging; rehabilitation; return to play

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HAMSTRING MUSCLE; HUMAN; INJURIES; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; RETURN TO SPORT; TENDON INJURIES; THIGH;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HAMSTRING MUSCLES; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETURN TO SPORT; TENDON INJURIES; THIGH;

EID: 84982786606     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515617472     Document Type: Article

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