Indirect Rectus Femoris Injury Mechanisms in Professional Soccer Players: Video Analysis and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings.
Journal
Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine
ISSN: 1536-3724
Titre abrégé: Clin J Sport Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9103300
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 09 2023
01 09 2023
Historique:
received:
14
08
2022
accepted:
24
01
2023
medline:
4
9
2023
pubmed:
1
3
2023
entrez:
28
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To describe injury mechanisms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in acute rectus femoris (RF) injuries of soccer players using a systematic video analysis. Descriptive case series study of consecutive RF injuries from November 2017 to July 2022. Two specialized sports medicine hospitals. Professional male soccer players aged between 18 and 40 years, referred for injury assessment within 7 days after a RF injury, with an available video footage of the injury and a positive finding on an MRI. Rectus femoris injury mechanisms (specific scoring based on standardized models) in relation to RF muscle injury MRI findings. Rectus femoris injury mechanism (playing situation, player/opponent behavior, movement, and biomechanics), location of injury in MRI. Twenty videos of RF injuries in 19 professional male soccer players were analyzed. Three different injury mechanisms were seen: kicking (80%), sprinting (10%), and change of direction (10%). Isolated single-tendon injuries were found in 60% of the injuries. Of the kicking injuries, 62.5% included complete tendon ruptures, whereas both running injuries and none of the change of direction injuries were complete ruptures. The direct tendon was involved in 33% of the isolated injuries, and the common tendon was affected in all combined injuries. Rectus femoris injuries typically occur during kicking among football players. Most of the RF injuries involve a complete rupture of at least one tendon. Kicking injuries can also affect the supporting leg, and sprinting can cause a complete tendon rupture, whereas change of direction seems not to lead to complete ruptures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36853900
doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001131
pii: 00042752-990000000-00098
pmc: PMC10467807
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
475-482Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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