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Alexandre Fernandes1,2, Julio Pinto1, Pedro Cunha1
1Health and Performance Unit, Casa Pia Atlético Clube - Futebol Sduq, Lisbon, PRT.
Abstract:
Although muscle injuries represent the most frequent injury in professional football, isolated complete distal ruptures of the rectus femoris (RF) muscle are rare, and there is no consensus on their treatment and return to play (RTP). In this article, we report a clinical case of successful non-surgical management of an RF grade 4c muscle injury in a professional football player, in which the athlete was able to RTP 21 weeks after the injury, had no re-injury >1 year after RTP, and is playing at an elite level in the Portuguese Football First League.
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