Les lesions del septum rectus femoris són unes de les lesions més freqüents que es donen a nivell de la cuixa especialment en esportistes d'èlit.
El mecanisme de lesió és, bàsicament, una contracció excèntrica de del rectus femoris.
En aquesta línia el nostre grup de treball encapçalat pel Dr. RAmon Balius acaba de publicar a la prestigiosa revista British Journal Sports Medicine un article que exposa el tractament i el pronòstic valorat per ecografia de les lesions del septum rectus femoris de 35 futbolistes d'èlit.
Abstract:
Objective: This study is a statistical analysis to establish whether or not a correlation exists between the level and degree of rectus femoris (RF) central tendon injury and the amount of time that athlete is unable to participate subsequently referred to as "sports participation absence" (SPA).
Design: Causal-comparative study.
Patients: 35 players from two high-level Spanish soccer teams with an injury to the central tendon of the RF based on clinical and ultrasound (US) criteria.
Main outcome measurement: Ultrasound examination was performed with an 8-12 MHz linear multi-frequency transducer. All studies included both longitudinal and transverse RF sections.
Results: At the proximal level the SPA time was 45.1 days when the injury length is 4.0 cm. This value increases by 5.3 days with each 1 cm increase in the length of injury. In the case of distal level injury, SPA time was 32.9 days when the injury length is 3.9 cm. This value increases by 3.4 days with each 1 cm increase. In the total representative sample, SPA time when the injury length is 4.2 cm corresponds to 39.1 days. This value increases by 4.2 days per length unit.
Conclusions: RF central tendon injury at the proximal level is associated with a greater SPA time than at the distal level. Patients with a grade II injury have a SPA time longer than those with a grade I whether the injury is located proximal or distal.
