Corticosteroid and Anesthetic Injections for Muscle Strains and Ligament Sprains in the NFL.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Administering local anesthetic or corticosteroid injections in professional athletes to allow return to play is common but has traditionally been viewed as suspect and taboo. The skepticism surrounding therapeutic injections stems predominantly from anecdotal experience as opposed to scientific data.

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the current use of corticosteroid injections for muscle strains and ligaments sprains in the National Football League to document player's ability to return to play and possible adverse effects.

Patients and methods

Athletes from a single National Football League team who received at least one corticosteroid or anesthetic injection for either a muscle strain or ligament sprain during three consecutive

SUBMITTER: Drakos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4071464 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature