Tratamento das lesões musculares agudas da coxa com ou sem punção do hematoma em atletas

Abstract

ObjectivesCorrelate athletes estimated time to return to sport after thighs acute muscle injury with hematoma that was puncture or not. MethodsStudy based on clinical intervention, controlled and non‐randomized with 20 amateur and professional athletes, divided into moderate and total or subtotal thighs lesions, according with the Munich Consensus Statement. Nine athletes were included in the intervention group and 11 athletes in the control group. In the intervention group, the athletes were submitted to a puncture of the hematoma, associated to physical therapy; the control group did only physical therapy. The variable time to return to sport was analyzed using the Mann‐Whitney test and 95% (p < 0.05) was the significance level. ResultsThe mean group was composed mostly of men, eight of them were amateurs athletes. There were three women, two of whom were amateurs. Average age of participants was 34.70 ± 12.79 years. There were 13 patients with posterior thigh lesions, five with anterior lesions and two with adductor lesions. Considering all injuries, the mean time to return to sport was 48.50 ± 27.50 days in the intervention group. Besides, this period was 102.09 ± 52.02 day in the control group, showing a significant difference between them (p = 0.022). ConclusionIn the current study, hematoma drainage in athletes whose have moderate and total or subtotal muscle injuries associated with hematomas reduce them return time to sport.