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When can I go back to doing sports? Whoever it is, an amateur or professional athlete, hamstring injury is a very common situation and the question will be asked. Will you be able to answer it?<\/p>\n

Article<\/strong>: New MRI muscle classification systems and associations with return to sport after acute hamstring injuries: a prospective study<\/a><\/p>\n

Authors<\/strong>: Arnlaug Wangensteen, Ali Guermazi, Johannes L. Tol, Frank W. Roemer, Bruce Hamilton, Juan-Manuel Alonso, Rodney Whiteley and Roald Bahr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When can I go back to doing sports? Whoever it is, an amateur or professional athlete, hamstring injury is a very common situation and the question will be asked. Will you be able to answer it? 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