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Calf injuries in professional football: Treat the patient or the scan? - A case study.
Phys Ther Sport
September 2016
Minho University, 3B's ICBS, Braga, Portugal; Dragon Clinic EM Sports Centre, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellency, Dragon Stadium, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address:
Objective: To describe a case of a professional football player with significant imaging findings despite a rather innocuous clinical presentation with gradual onset of calf pain and who was able to continue training and playing with minor medical intervention. To discuss some of the limitations of existing muscle injury grading systems and their potential to cover the full range of injury presentations for calf injuries.
Design: Case report.
Epidemiological Study on Professional Football Injuries During the 2011 Copa America, Argentina.
Rev Bras Ortop
June 2013
President of the Medical Committee of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), Asuncion, Paraguay.
Objective: Develop an epidemiological study of injuries occurred among male professional football players during the Copa America 2011, held in Argentina.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of injuries sustained during the 43rd edition of the Copa America football in Argentina, in 2011. The lesions were evaluated by the medical department of the selections and reported to the CONMEBOL.