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Muscle Lesions

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Football Traumatology

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Football is a contact, multi-sprint and recovery sport. Muscle injuries are the most common type encountered [1, 2] and can be as a result of contusions, muscle tears, lacerations, ischaemia and drug toxicity. It is imperative that when eliciting a history of this type of injury, one keeps an open mind as to any underlying contribution any of these etiological factors may offer.

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    Ian F. R. Beasley MBBS, MRCGP, MSc, Dip.Sports Med

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    Piero Volpi

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Beasley, I.F.R. (2015). Muscle Lesions. In: Volpi, P. (eds) Football Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18245-2_8

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