Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Muscle Injuries: Histoarchitectural Considerations for Muscle Injuries

Orthop J Sports Med. 2018 Sep 18;6(9):2325967118795863. doi: 10.1177/2325967118795863. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Ramon Balius^{1

2}, Xavier Alomar³, Carles Pedret^{2

4}, Marc Blasi^{5

6}, Gil Rodas⁷, Ricard Pruna⁷, Jose Peña-Amaro⁸, Tomás Fernández-Jaén⁹

¹ Consell Català de l'Esport, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
² Sports Medicine Department, Clínica Diagonal, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Clínica Creu Blanca, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Sports Medicine and Imaging Department, Clínica Mapfre de Medicina del Tenis, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Department of Fundamental Care and Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Bellvitge Campus), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Àrea d'Estructura i Funció del Cos Humà, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ FC Barcelona Medical Services, FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Morphological Sciences, Histology Section, Faculty of Medicine, University of Córdoba, Maimónides Institute for Biomedical Research IMIBIC, Córdoba, Spain.
⁹ Clínica CEMTRO, Madrid, Spain; GESMUTE Group, SETRADE, Madrid, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: connective tissue; extracellular matrix; muscle injuries; muscle injury anatomy; sport injuries.