MRI findings and return to play in football: a prospective analysis of 255 hamstring injuries in the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study

J Ekstrand, JC Lee, JC Healy - British journal of sports medicine, 2016 - bjsm.bmj.com
Aim The present study evaluated whether the MRI parameters of hamstring injuries in male
professional football players correlate with time to return to play (RTP). Methods 46 elite …

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

J Ekstrand, JC Healy, M Waldén, JC Lee… - British journal of sports …, 2012 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Hamstring injury is the single most common injury in professional football. MRI
is commonly used to confirm the diagnosis and provide a prognosis of lay-off time. Objective …

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

SB Cohen, JD Towers, A Zoga, JJ Irrgang… - Sports …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows for detailed evaluation of hamstring
injuries; however, there is no classification that allows prediction of return to play. Purpose …

[HTML][HTML] MRI observations at return to play of clinically recovered hamstring injuries

G Reurink, GJ Goudswaard, JL Tol… - British journal of sports …, 2014 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Previous studies have shown that MRI of fresh hamstring injuries have
diagnostic and prognostic value. The clinical relevance of MRI at return to play (RTP) has …

Hamstring injuries and predicting return to play:'bye-bye MRI?'

G Reurink, R Whiteley, JL Tol - British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2015 - bjsm.bmj.com
In the elite athlete setting, MRI has gradually gained a magical reputation: it is the crystal ball
that answers all the questions of the injured athlete, coaching and medical staff. Without …

Intramuscular tendon involvement on MRI has limited value for predicting time to return to play following acute hamstring injury

AD Van Der Made, E Almusa, R Whiteley… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Hamstring injury with intramuscular tendon involvement is regarded as a
serious injury with a delay in return to play (RTP) of more than 50 days and reinjury rates up …

Association of the British Athletic Muscle Injury Classification and anatomic location with return to full training and reinjury following hamstring injury in elite football

R Shamji, SLJ James, R Botchu… - BMJ open sport & …, 2021 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
Background The relationship between hamstring muscle injuries (HMIs) that involve the
intramuscular tendon and prolonged recovery time and increased reinjury rate remains …

Acute hamstring injuries in Swedish elite football: a prospective randomised controlled clinical trial comparing two rehabilitation protocols

CM Askling, M Tengvar, A Thorstensson - British journal of sports …, 2013 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background Hamstring injury is the single most common injury in European professional
football and, therefore, time to return and secondary prevention are of particular concern …

Predictors of time to return to play and re-injury following hamstring injury with and without intramuscular tendon involvement in adult professional footballers: a …

S McAuley, N Dobbin, C Morgan… - Journal of Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives In one English Premier League football club over four seasons, 1)
describe the number of hamstring strain injuries (HSI) sustained using the British Athletics …

Return to play following muscle injuries in professional footballers

A Hallén, J Ekstrand - Journal of sports sciences, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This prospective cohort study described return-to-play (RTP) data for different types of
muscle injuries in male elite-level football players in Europe. Eighty-nine European …