All clinicians aim to classify muscle injury classifications to guide treatment and predict return – it’s a hot topic. The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification is one helpful classification system and Dr Noel Pollock explains to Dr Markus Laupheimer (BJSM) how and why the Classification developed, as well as why the (older) Munich classification was not ideal. Listen for tips on how this classification adds something special and is of practical value for treating your athletes with muscle injuries.

Timeline:

01:01m – Why a new muscle injury classification?

03:50m – Limitations of the Munich consensus

Open access Munich Paper: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/6/342.full.pdf+html

05:18m – British Athletics classification explained

Open access British athletics paper: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/18/1347.full

09:15m – Clinical application, follow up papers

12:00m – Discussion: MRI or not?

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/24/1579.full

14:05m – Future Development of muscle injury classification

Links:

British athletics muscle injury classification: a new grading system

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/18/1347.long (Open Access)

Time to return to full training is delayed and recurrence rate is higher in intratendinous (‘c’) acute hamstring injury in elite track and field athletes: clinical application of the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification

http://bmj.co/1lWvDdy

Previous podcast:

The Munich muscle classification: Using it for more accurate diagnosis and treatment

https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/the-munich-muscle-classification-using-it-for-more-accurate-diagnosis-and-treatment?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/bjsm-1

Range of BJSM podcast: http://bjsm.bmj.com/site/podcasts/