Background Football is the most practised sport in the world and is associated with the risk
of injuries in the players. Some studies have been published that identify injury prevention …

Hamstring strain injuries are common among sports that involve sprinting, kicking, and high-
speed skilled movements or extensive muscle lengthening-type maneuvers with hip flexion …

In sports-related muscle injuries, the main goal of the sports medicine physician is to return
the athlete to competition—balanced against the need to prevent the injury from worsening …

Muscle injuries are among the most common injuries in sport and continue to be a major
concern because of training and competition time loss, challenging decision making …

Hamstring injuries are very common in athletes. Acute hamstring strains can occur with high-
speed running or with excessive hamstring lengthening. Athletes with proximal hamstring …

Despite increased knowledge of hamstring muscle injuries, the incidence has not
diminished. We now know that not all hamstring injuries are the same and that certain types …

Background More than half of the recurrent hamstring injuries occur within the first month
after return-to-play (RTP). Although there are numerous studies on RTP, comparisons are …

Muscle injuries are the most common trauma in team and individual sports. The muscles
most frequently affected are those of the lower limb, and in particular hamstrings, adductors …

In soccer (football), dominant limb kicking produces higher ball velocity and is used with
greater frequency than the non-dominant limb. It is unclear whether limb dominance has an …

A limitation to the accurate study of muscle injuries and their management has been the lack
of a uniform approach to the categorisation and grading of muscle injuries. The goal of this …