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  • Sports Medicine
  • Radiology
  • Orthopedics

Background:

  • Hamstring muscle injuries are common in athletes.
  • Accurate location of hamstring injuries using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is crucial for diagnosis and treatment.
  • Current literature lacks detailed descriptions of hamstring injury locations identified via MRI.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and describe the location of hamstring injuries as visualized by MRI.
  • To identify the most commonly affected hamstring muscle components and tissue locations.
  • To assess the distribution of injury sites (proximal, central, distal).

Main Methods:

  • A systematic review was conducted using data from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and Cochrane Library.
  • Studies published in English, reporting MRI findings within 8 days of acute injury, were included.
  • 34 studies encompassing 2761 acute hamstring injuries were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • The long head of the biceps femoris (BFLH) was the most frequently injured muscle head (70%).
  • The myotendinous junction (MTJ) was the most commonly affected tissue (52%).
  • Injury locations were homogeneously distributed across proximal (34.0%), central (33.4%), and distal (32.6%) regions.

Conclusions:

  • BFLH and MTJ are the primary sites for acute hamstring injuries.
  • Hamstring injury locations demonstrate a relatively even distribution.
  • There is a need for more comprehensive MRI reporting of hamstring injuries to fully utilize imaging capabilities.