TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Italian consensus conference on guidelines for conservative treatment on lower limb muscle injuries in athlete
JO  - BMJ open sport and exercise medicine
A1  - Bisciotti, Gian Nicola
A1  - Volpi, Piero
A1  - Amato, Maurizio
A1  - Alberti, Giampietro
A1  - Allegra, Francesco
A1  - Aprato, Alessandro
A1  - Artina, Matteo
A1  - Auci, Alessio
A1  - Bait, Corrado
A1  - Bastieri, Gian Matteo
A1  - Balzarini, Luca
A1  - Belli, Andrea
A1  - Bellini, Gianandrea
A1  - Bettinsoli, Pierfrancesco
A1  - Bisciotti, Alessandro
A1  - Bisciotti, Andrea
A1  - Bona, Stefano
A1  - Brambilla, Lorenzo
A1  - Bresciani, Marco
A1  - Buffoli, Michele
A1  - Calanna, Filippo
A1  - Canata, Gian Luigi
A1  - Cardinali, Davide
A1  - Carimati, Giulia
A1  - Cassaghi, Gabriella
A1  - Cautero, Enrico
A1  - Cena, Emanuele
A1  - Corradini, Barbara
A1  - Corsini, Alessandro
A1  - D'Agostino, Cristina
A1  - De Donato, Massimo
A1  - Delle Rose, Giacomo
A1  - Di Marzo, Francesco
A1  - Di Pietto, Francesco
A1  - Enrica, Drapchind
A1  - Eirale, Cristiano
A1  - Febbrari, Luigi
A1  - Ferrua, Paolo
A1  - Foglia, Andrea
A1  - Galbiati, Alberto
A1  - Gheza, Alberto
A1  - Giammattei, Carlo
A1  - Masia, Francesco
A1  - Melegati, Gianluca
A1  - Moretti, Biagio
A1  - Moretti, Lorenzo
A1  - Niccolai, Roberto
A1  - Orgiani, Antonio
A1  - Orizio, Claudio
A1  - Pantalone, Andrea
A1  - Parra, Federica
A1  - Patroni, Paolo
A1  - Pereira Ruiz, Maria Teresa
A1  - Perri, Marzio
A1  - Petrillo, Stefano
A1  - Pulici, Luca
A1  - Quaglia, Alessandro
A1  - Ricciotti, Luca
A1  - Rosa, Francesco
A1  - Sasso, Nicola
A1  - Sprenger, Claudio
A1  - Tarantola, Chiara
A1  - Tenconi, Fabio Gianpaolo
A1  - Tosi, Fabio
A1  - Trainini, Michele
A1  - Tucciarone, Agostino
A1  - Yekdah, Ali
A1  - Vuckovic, Zarko
A1  - Zini, Raul
A1  - Chamari, Karim
SP  - e000323
EP  - e000323
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - Provide the state of the art concerning (1) biology and aetiology, (2) classification, (3) clinical assessment and (4) conservative treatment of lower limb muscle injuries (MI) in athletes. Seventy international experts with different medical backgrounds participated in the consensus conference. They discussed and approved a consensus composed of four sections which are presented in these documents. This paper represents a synthesis of the consensus conference, the following four sections are discussed: (i) The biology and aetiology of MIs. A definition of MI was formulated and some key points concerning physiology and pathogenesis of MIs were discussed. (ii) The MI classification. A classification of MIs was proposed. (iii) The MI clinical assessment, in which were discussed anamnesis, inspection and clinical examination and are provided the relative guidelines. (iv) The MI conservative treatment, in which are provided the guidelines for conservative treatment based on the severity of the lesion. Furthermore, instrumental therapy and pharmacological treatment were discussed. Knowledge of the aetiology and biology of MIs is an essential prerequisite in order to plan and conduct a rehabilitation plan. Another important aspect is the use of a rational MI classification on prognostic values. We propose a classification based on radiological investigations performed by ultrasonography and MRI strongly linked to prognostic factors. Furthermore, the consensus conference results will able to provide fundamental guidelines for diagnostic and rehabilitation practice, also considering instrumental therapy and pharmacological treatment of MI. Expert opinion, level IV.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2055-7647
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000323
ID  - ref1
ER  -