ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2020
Managing the return to sport of the elite footballer following semimembranosus reconstruction.
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- Effectiveness of Conservative Interventions After Acute Hamstrings Injuries in Athletes: A Living Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- A scoping review of force plates in female soccer: The utility, existing practice and identification of knowledge Gaps.PloS one · 2026Article
- Consensus of Return-to-Play Criteria After Adductor Longus Injury in Professional Soccer.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Hamstring T-Junction Surgical Repair: An Elite Footballer's Return to Play Journey Through a New Football-Centered Complex Approach.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Complete Distal Rupture of the Rectus Femoris in an Elite Football Player: A Non-operative Treatment.Cureus · 2023Article
- On-field rehabilitation in football: Current knowledge, applications and future directions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- The Hamstrings: Anatomic and Physiologic Variations and Their Potential Relationships With Injury Risk.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Hamstring strains are the most common injury in elite football and typically occur during high-speed running. Despite its important contribution to power production in the late swing phase, injury to the semimembranosus (SM) is less common than to the biceps femoris, but may involve the free tendon and depending on the degree of retraction, warrant surgical repair. Few case reports detail clinical reasoning, supported by objective data during rehabilitation in elite footballers, and none have described the return to sport (RTS) process following this type of hamstring injury. In this article, we outline the management and RTS of an English Premier League (EPL) footballer who suffered a high-grade SM proximal tendon tear during training. Due to the degree of retraction of the free tendon, the player underwent surgical reconstruction at the recommendation of an orthopaedic surgeon. Early physiotherapy care, nutritional support, on- and off-pitch injury-specific reconditioning and global athletic development are outlined, alongside strength and power diagnostic and global positioning systems data, assessment of pain, player feedback and MRI informed clinical reasoning and shared decision-making during the RTS process. 18 weeks post-surgery the player returned to team training, transferring to a new club 3 weeks later. 2.5 years post RTS, the player remains free of re-injury playing regularly in the EPL.
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