Muscle Injury in the Athlete The Italian Consensus Conference Guidel
This volume provides a cutting-edge analysis concerning the biology and aetiology, classification, clinical assessment and conservative treatment of lower limb muscle injuries in athletes. Muscle injuries are the most common trauma both in team and indivi
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Muscle Injury in the Athlete
Piero Volpi • Gian Nicola Bisciotti
Muscle Injury in the Athlete The Italian Consensus Conference Guidelines
Piero Volpi Head of Medical Department F.C. Internazionale Milano Italy Istituto Clinico Humanitas Milano Italy
Gian Nicola Bisciotti FIFA Center of Excellence Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital Doha Qatar
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Foreword 1
With my experience as an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician, I decided to undertake research into epidemiology of football to better understand this fantastic sport. Back in 2001, the UEFA launched the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study, and I and the Football Research Group (FRG) in Sweden were appointed to lead this study. To date, we have followed 130 elite teams from 25 European countries. While managing the study’s database of more than 25,000 injuries and reflecting on my insight as a football team physician (having worked with several teams, including the Sweden national football team), I clearly understand the importance of correct injury diagnosis. Moreover, as most football injuries are in fact muscular in nature, football team doctors must optimize his/her own diagnostic skills to provide the best “injury diagnosis.” This then forms the basis for subsequent therapeutic treatment. Providing the best diagnosis is not only important from a medicolegal perspective, but it also has a significant impact on player health and team success. Indeed, to play football, you need available and healthy players! In this context, I
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