ArticleMuscles, ligaments and tendons journal2014
Clinical predictors of time to return to competition following hamstring injuries.
Article in Muscles, ligaments and tendons journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Establishing weighted criteria for return to play after hamstring injury: a systematic review and methodological quality analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Can Clinical Evaluation Predict Return to Sport after Acute Hamstring Injuries? A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- Hamstring muscle injury rehabilitation in sports: a scoping review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Beyond Traditional Flexibility: The Jurdan Sprint Table Test for the Evaluation of Pelvis-Femur Coordination.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Muscle Injuries in 90 Professional Football Players Over 10 Consecutive Seasons: A Comparison of Two Classification Systems and Their Association With Return-to-Play Time.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Maximum-Speed Single-Leg Bridge Test for Concentric Functional Assessment and Exercise in an Athlete with Recurrent Hamstring Strain Injuries: A Case Report.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Traumatic muscle injury.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023Review
- Evidence-Based Management and Factors Associated With Return to Play After Acute Hamstring Injury in Athletes: A Systematic Review.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Review
- The prevalence of non-contact muscle injuries of the lower limb in professional soccer players who perform Salah regularly: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
- Rehabilitation and return to sport after hamstring strain injury.Journal of sport and health science · 2017Review
- Time for a paradigm shift in the classification of muscle injuries.Journal of sport and health science · 2017Review
- Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment of sports-related severe acute hamstring injuries.Muscles, ligaments and tendons journalArticle
- Prediction of hamstring injury in professional soccer players by isokinetic measurements.Muscles, ligaments and tendons journalArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveshamstring strain injuries are the most common sports-related muscle injuries and one of the main causes of missed sporting events. HYPOTHESIS: clinical findings reflecting hamstring injury severity at presentation predict time to sports resumption.
designcohort study (prognosis); Level of evidence, 2.
methodsfive sports medicine specialists at four sports medicine centers prospectively evaluated 120 athletes within 5 days of acute hamstring injury. Patients were interviewed and asked to evaluate their worst pain on a visual analog scale (VAS). Four physical criteria were assessed at baseline: bruising, tenderness to palpation, pain upon isometric contraction, and pain upon passive straightening. The same standardized rehabilitation protocol was used in all patients. A standardized telephone interview was conducted 45 days after the injury to determine the time to-full recovery (≤40 days or >40 days).
resultsby univariate analysis, clinical criteria associated with a full recovery time >40 days were VAS pain score greater than 6, popping sound injury, pain during everyday activities for more than 3 days, bruising, and greater than 15° motion-range limitation. By multivariate analysis, only VAS pain score and pain during everyday activities were significantly associated with time to recovery >40 days (53% sensitivity, 95% specificity).
conclusionthe initial examination provides valuable information that can be used to predict the time to full recovery after acute hamstring injuries in athletes.
Indexed as
Identifiers
25489558PMC4241432W2067256521What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.