Although athletic injuries about the hip and groin occur less commonly than injuries in the
extremities, they can result in extensive rehabilitation time. Thus, an accurate diagnosis and …

Purpose To better define and classify acute muscle strain injuries. Methods Historically,
acute muscle strains have been classified as grade I, II and III. This system does not …

The commonly used muscle injury grading systems based on three grades of injury,
representing minor, moderate and complete injuries to the muscle, are lacking in diagnostic …

Hamstring muscle strain is the most prevalent injury in Australian Rules Football, accounting
for 16% of play ing time missed as a result of injury. Thirty-seven pro fessional footballers …

Background Hamstring muscle strain is one of the most common injuries in sports. Still,
knowledge is limited about the progression of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging …

OBJECTIVE. We compared sonography and MRI for assessing hamstring injuries in
professional football players (Australian football) 3 days, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks after an …

Objective To evaluate the imaging findings following acute hamstring injury. Design and
patients We retrospectively reviewed the imaging findings of hamstring muscle complex …

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 …

OBJECTIVE. Although hamstring injuries are common in athletes, the distribution and
location of such injuries have not been well defined. We used MR imaging to determine the …

Background Hamstring strains can be of 2 types with different injury mechanisms, 1
occurring during high-speed running and the other during stretching exercises. Hypothesis …