Monitoring The Reactions of Athletes With History of Rectus Femoris Proximal Tear Healed With Different Methods to Training Load With Thermography

Abstract

Although rectus femoris (RF) injuries are rare, it is an important muscle that should be considered because of its contribution to actions such as shooting and fast running in football. In the literature, there is no consensus on which conservative or surgical methods should be preferred in RF total rupture. Although MRI is the gold standard method in the detection of injury, there is a controversy in the literature for post-injury imaging and follow-up. In addition, there is a lack of diagnostic imaging methods in the literature on how training load affects athletes. In current study, the effect of training load on athletes is evaluated by thermography after treatment of the RF muscle with different methods. This study is worthy of being a case report in terms of providing evidence on how the training load affects the sports lives of athletes who return to sports after surgery or conservative treatment.

Keywords

• sports injury
• exercise
• rectus femoris
• rehabilitation
• sports medicine
• thermography

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