Table 1

 Findings from magnetic resonance imaging scan of hamstrings of subjects with posterior thigh pain referred from gluteal trigger points

LocationFindingsNumber
Intervention legNormal hamstrings50
Mild hamstring muscle strain5
Hamstring muscle tear3 (2 excluded)
Mild enthesopathy of hamstring origin2
Did not attend for appointment1
Total61
Non-intervention legHamstring pathology (tear/strain/enthesopathy)5
Incidental findingsQuadriceps pathology4
Gluteal muscle pathology3
Osteitis pubis3
Hip joint pathology2
Enchondroma of femur2