Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report
<i>Context:</i> There is limited information on the quantification of external load and reconditioning programs during adductor longus injuries in soccer. <i>Case Presentation:</i> This case report describes a male professional soccer player (<i>LaLiga</i>) return...
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| author | José Luis Estévez Rodríguez Jesús Rivilla García Sergio Jiménez-Rubio |
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| description | <i>Context:</i> There is limited information on the quantification of external load and reconditioning programs during adductor longus injuries in soccer. <i>Case Presentation:</i> This case report describes a male professional soccer player (<i>LaLiga</i>) returning to performance following an adductor longus muscle injury during the 2022/2023 season. The player suffered the injury during a change of direction in a match. The injury was confirmed by ultrasound after 48 h, and the previously validated rehabilitation and reconditioning program was applied to the injured player. This case report has focused on the development of the on-field reconditioning program and the quantification of the load during this phase. The goal of this case report was to return the player to pre-injury loads using global positioning systems (GPS). Variables such as total distance, distances covered at different speeds and metabolic load variables were quantified during the injury process, with the aim of increasing them through training and reaching at least 75% of the game load. Therefore, objective performance criteria for making return-to-play decisions based on the use of GPS was determined. In addition, the return to play (RTP) was on the 20th day after the injury, and then four RTPs were recorded in the following 6 weeks after the injury occurred, without re-injury. <i>Conclusions:</i> The approach to the competition performance profile, through the quantification of the external load during the rehabilitation process of the injured player, allowed us a safe return to competition and continued competition with a 6-week follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-93b4ae95d36e4091b9fca86a6288467b2025-08-20T02:43:39ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442024-12-016012199810.3390/medicina60121998Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case ReportJosé Luis Estévez Rodríguez0Jesús Rivilla García1Sergio Jiménez-Rubio2Switzerland National Team, Worbstrasse 48, 3074 Muri bei Bern, SwitzerlandFacultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF-Sports Department), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, SpainSports Science Research Studies, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28943 Fuenlabrada, Spain<i>Context:</i> There is limited information on the quantification of external load and reconditioning programs during adductor longus injuries in soccer. <i>Case Presentation:</i> This case report describes a male professional soccer player (<i>LaLiga</i>) returning to performance following an adductor longus muscle injury during the 2022/2023 season. The player suffered the injury during a change of direction in a match. The injury was confirmed by ultrasound after 48 h, and the previously validated rehabilitation and reconditioning program was applied to the injured player. This case report has focused on the development of the on-field reconditioning program and the quantification of the load during this phase. The goal of this case report was to return the player to pre-injury loads using global positioning systems (GPS). Variables such as total distance, distances covered at different speeds and metabolic load variables were quantified during the injury process, with the aim of increasing them through training and reaching at least 75% of the game load. Therefore, objective performance criteria for making return-to-play decisions based on the use of GPS was determined. In addition, the return to play (RTP) was on the 20th day after the injury, and then four RTPs were recorded in the following 6 weeks after the injury occurred, without re-injury. <i>Conclusions:</i> The approach to the competition performance profile, through the quantification of the external load during the rehabilitation process of the injured player, allowed us a safe return to competition and continued competition with a 6-week follow-up.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/12/1998return to playrehabilitationGPSgroin injuriesreconditioning |
| spellingShingle | José Luis Estévez Rodríguez Jesús Rivilla García Sergio Jiménez-Rubio Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report Medicina return to play rehabilitation GPS groin injuries reconditioning |
| title | Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report |
| title_full | Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report |
| title_short | Return to Performance of a Soccer Player with an Adductor Longus Injury: A Case Report |
| title_sort | return to performance of a soccer player with an adductor longus injury a case report |
| topic | return to play rehabilitation GPS groin injuries reconditioning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/60/12/1998 |
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