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Muscle Injury Classification and Grading Systems

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The process of injury classification theoretically allows for the detailed taxonomic description of muscle injuries. Accurate classification has the potential to allow the implementation of specific anatomical treatment approaches, to allow for a meaningful re-injury risk assessment and to allow for effective comparison between treatment approaches. Effective grading of muscle injuries has the purpose of allowing practitioners to provide athletes and coaches with an effective prognosis for a return to play. As a result of renewed interest in recent years, significant progress has been made in both the classification and grading of muscle injury, but still, there remains little consensus and many questions. This chapter addresses recent developments in both the classification and grading of muscle injury.

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  1. High Performance Sport NZ, Millennium Institute of Sport and Health, Auckland, New Zealand

    Bruce Hamilton

  2. Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, London, UK

    Noel Pollock

  3. Academic Centre of Evidence Based Sports Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gustaaf Reurink

  4. Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Robert-Jan de Vos

  5. Physiotherapy Department, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia

    Craig Purdam

  6. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Orthopedic Research Center—Copenhagen (SORC-C), Amager-Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Kristian Thorborg

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  2. Discipline of Exercise Science, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Hamilton, B., Pollock, N., Reurink, G., de Vos, RJ., Purdam, C., Thorborg, K. (2020). Muscle Injury Classification and Grading Systems. In: Thorborg, K., Opar, D., Shield, A. (eds) Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hamstring Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31638-9_8

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