Hamstring muscle injuries in professional football: The correlation of MRI findings with return to play

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Ekstrand, Jan ^a   Healy, Jeremiah C ^b   Waldén, Markus ^a   Lee, Justin C ^b   English, Bryan ^c   Hägglund, Martin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; THIGH;

ABSENTEEISM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RUNNING; SOCCER; THIGH;

EID: 85047688525     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090155     Document Type: Article

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