Table 5

MRI assessment of muscle injury site by anatomical location in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Anatomical siteTotalFCU ECUSubscapularisTeres majorRectus abdominisEAOLatissimus dorsiGluteus maximusExternal obturatorAdductor brevisGracilisRectus femorisVastus medialis muscleBiceps femorisSemimembranosusSemitendinosusGastrocnemiusSartoriusSoleusPlantarisADM
Type a2111121316221
Type b141112612
Type c/incomplete tears211112211111
Type c/complete tears312
Total59211111211151247131221
  • Anatomical site of muscle injury was classified as type a: myofascial, type b: muscle-tendon junction, type c: muscle injury which extends into the tendon.

  • ADM, abductor digiti minimi; EAO, external abdominal oblique; ECU, extensor carpi ulnaris muscle; FCU, flexor carpi ulnaris muscle.