rss
Br J Sports Med 2006;40:462-463 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2005.023457
  • Tennis injuries

Uncommon abdominal muscle injury in a tennis player: internal oblique strain

  1. J Maquirriain1,
  2. J P Ghisi2
  1. 1High Performance National Training Centre, Argentine Tennis Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  2. 2Fernandez Hospital, Argentine Tennis Association, Argus Diagnóstico Médico
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Maquirriain
 High Performance National Training Centre, Argentine Tennis Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina; jmaquirriain{at}yahoo.com
  • Accepted 19 December 2005

Abstract

The case of a strain injury of the internal oblique abdominal muscle in a professional tennis player is presented. This uncommon lesion resulted from eccentric, unbalanced trunk rotation. Magnetic resonance imaging helped to confirm the diagnosis. Tennis specific core strengthening is crucial for rehabilitation and recurrence prevention.

Footnotes

  • Competings interests: none declared

This Article

  1. Abstract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Register for free content

The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.