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Article type: Case Report
Authors: Tyberghein, M.a; * | Kaux, J.F.a; b | Godon, B.a | Crielaard, J.M.a; b | Croisier, J.L.a; b
Affiliations: [a] Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Traumatology, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, University and University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium | [b] Department of Sports and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Maëlle Tyberghein, Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Traumatology, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, University and University Hospital of Liège, CHU Liège, Avenue de L’Hôpital 1,4000 Liège, Belgium. Tel.: +32 472965296, E-mail: Tyberghein.maelle@gmail.com.
Abstract: We report the case of a sixteen-year-old high-performance sprinter with an ischial tuberosity avulsion. In these injuries, most of the published literature recommends surgery when the diastasis exceeds 2 cm. Our patient had a 1.9 cm diastasis and was treated conservatively. Various criteria are used to demonstrate recovery after treatment. However, one of our main recovery criteria is functional assessment by isokinetic dynamometry. Whilst the first test showed significant strength imbalance, following rehabilitation hamstring strength underwent substantial normalization despite the absence of radiological healing. The patient resumed competition successfully less than one year after the injury with performance levels which were almost the same as before the injury. This case suggests that functional recovery of the hamstring may be added to radiological assessment as an important rehabilitation criterion and that hamstring strength should be measured accurately and objectively in a preventive approach.
Keywords: Ischial tuberosity avulsion, adolescent apophyseal injury, functional assessment
DOI: 10.3233/IES-182107
Journal: Isokinetics and Exercise Science, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 163-165, 2018
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