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British Journal of Sports Medicine 2008;42:158-159; doi:10.1136/bjsm.2008.046722
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The early management of muscle strains in the elite athlete: best practice in a world with a limited evidence basis

John W Orchard1, Thomas M Best2, Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt3, Glenn Hunter4, Bruce H Hamilton5, Nick Webborn6, Rod Jaques7, Dean Kenneally7, Richard Budgett8, Nicola Phillips9, Caryl Becker8, Philip Glasgow10

1 Sports Medicine at Sydney University, University of Sydney, Australia
2 Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
3 Bayern Munich, Munich, Germany
4 UK Sport, London, UK
5 UK Athletics Medical Department, Solihull, West Midlands, UK
6 University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
7 English Institute of Sport, Manchester, UK
8 Olympic Medical Institute, London, UK
9 Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
10 Sports Institute Northern Ireland, Jordanstown, UK

Correspondence to:
Dr J W Orchard, Sports Medicine at Sydney University, Western Ave & Physics Rd, University of Sydney 2006, Australia; johnorchard@msn.com.au

Accepted 22 January 2008

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

From 12 to 14 December 2007 UK Sport held a think tank on "muscle strains" in London.

This brought together many of UK Sport’s top sports medicine clinicians along with three invited international experts. Many issues of muscle strains were discussed over the three days, but the aspect that attracted the most attention was the early management of strains in the elite athlete. A consensus summary of conclusions on this specific topic from the think tank is presented here.

The international experts were chosen by request of the UK clinicians for different reasons. Drs Best (basic science) and Orchard (epidemiology) are recognised internationally by the peer-review system as experts in their fields. Dr Mueller-Wohlfahrt is also recognised internationally as Europe’s premier clinician in the early management of muscle strains. This recognition was initially bestowed on him by his patients, most notably from the thousands of professional football players he has . . . [Full text of this article]


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