Assessment of trunk lateral flexion range of movement using a novel method in first class cricket players.

Objectives: Lateral flexion range of movement (LF ROM) is used to assess and monitor recovery of side strain injury in athletes. This study established a reliable and pragmatic measure of LF ROM and investigated the stability of the measure over time in athletes.

Design: 1) Cross-sectional reliability study and 2) Cohort longitudinal study.

MRI findings are associated with time to return to play in first class cricket fast bowlers with side strain in Australia and England.

Objectives: To investigate the reliability of reporting and relationship between MRI parameters at injury and time to return to play (RTP) in first class cricket fast bowlers with side strain in Australia and England.

Design: Cohort study.

Methods: Eighty MRI scans of side strain injuries to 57 fast bowlers were sourced.

Trunk Side Strain Has a High Incidence in First-Class Cricket Fast Bowlers in Australia and England.

Objective: To investigate the past incidence of side strain injury and its associated factors in first-class cricket fast bowlers in Australia and England.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: Professional cricket.

Side strain in sport: a narrative review of pathomechanics, diagnosis, imaging and management for the clinician.

Objectives: To provide an overview of the published literature on epidemiology, pathomechanics and risk factors for side strain injury in sport, complemented by clinical perspectives of diagnosis and management strategies that are not covered in the literature.

Design: Narrative review METHODS: A review of the literature was completed with all studies on side strain up until October 2015 included. As the studies were unable to be synthesised the findings were placed in a clinical context.

Recurrent hamstring muscle injury: applying the limited evidence in the professional football setting with a seven-point programme.

Recurrent hamstring injuries are a major problem in sports such as football. The aim of this paper was to use a clinical example to describe a treatment strategy for the management of recurrent hamstring injuries and examine the evidence for each intervention. A professional footballer sustained five hamstring injuries in a relatively short period of time.

Sonographic appearance of side strain injury.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of sonography in assessing side strain in athletes.

Conclusion: Sonography is a useful tool for imaging the lateral abdominal musculature in patients with side strain, which occurs as a result of tearing of the internal oblique muscle from the lower four ribs or costal cartilage. Sonographic findings can be used to confirm the diagnosis, localize the site, and assess the characteristics of a tear.