Nicola Maffulli, Angelo Del Buono, Francesco Oliva, Alessio Giai Via, Antonio Frizziero, Michele Barazzuol, Paola Brancaccio, Marco Freschi, Stefano Galletti, Gianfranco Lisitano, Gianluca Melegati, Gianni Nanni, Ghito Pasta, Carlo Ramponi, Diego Rizzo, Vittorino Testa, Alessandro Valent
Muscle injuries are frequent in athletes. Despite their high incidence, advances in clinical diagnostic criteria and imaging, their optimal management and rehabilitation strategies are still debated in literature. Furthermore, reinjury rate is high after a muscle lesion, and an improper treatment or an early return to sports can increase the rate of reinjury and complications. Most muscle injuries are managed conservatively with excellent results, and surgery is normally advocated only for larger tears. This article reviews the current literature to provide physicians and rehabilitation specialists with the necessary basic tools to diagnose, classify and to treat muscle injuries...
May 2015: Translational Medicine @ UniSa