Potential hamstring injury blind spot: we need to raise awareness of proximal hamstring tendon avulsion injuries

Anne D van der Made^{1

2

3}, Johannes L Tol^{2

3

4}, Gustaaf Reurink^{1

2

3}, Rolf W Peters^{2

5}, Gino M Kerkhoffs^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Academic Center for Evidence-based Sports Medicine (ACES), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Amsterdam Collaboration for Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), AMC/VUmc IOC Research Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Department of Trauma Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Anne D van der Made et al. Br J Sports Med. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;53(7):390-392.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100063. Epub 2018 Nov 2.

Anne D van der Made^{1

2

3}, Johannes L Tol^{2

3

4}, Gustaaf Reurink^{1

2

3}, Rolf W Peters^{2

5}, Gino M Kerkhoffs^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Academic Center for Evidence-based Sports Medicine (ACES), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Amsterdam Collaboration for Health and Safety in Sports (ACHSS), AMC/VUmc IOC Research Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Department of Trauma Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: diagnosis; hamstring; tendon.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.