Managing muscle injuries better: Tips from Dr Noel Pollock (British Athletics) - a podcast by BMJ Group

All clinicians aim to classify muscle injury classifications to guide treatment and predict return – it’s a hot topic. The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification is one helpful classification system and Dr Noel Pollock explains to Dr Markus Laupheimer (BJSM) how and why the Classification developed, as well as why the (older) Munich classification was not ideal. Listen for tips on how this classification adds something special and is of practical value for treating your athletes with muscle injuries.

Timeline:01:01m – Why a new muscle injury classification?

03:50m – Limitations of the Munich consensusOpen access Munich Paper: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/6/342.full.pdf+html

05:18m – British Athletics classification explainedOpen access British athletics paper: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/18/1347.full

09:15m – Clinical application, follow up papers12:00m – Discussion: MRI or not?
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/24/1579.full14:05m – Future Development of muscle injury classification

Links:British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/18/1347.long (Open Access)Time to return to full training is delayed and recurrence rate is higher in intratendinous (‘c’) acute hamstring injury in elite track and field athletes: clinical application of the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification
http://bmj.co/1lWvDdyPrevious podcast:
The Munich muscle classification: Using it for more accurate diagnosis and treatmenthttps://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/the-munich-muscle-classification-using-it-for-more-accurate-diagnosis-and-treatment?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/bjsm-1

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