Quadratus lumborum muscle strain in a youth soccer player: a case report

Kota Tanaka, MD; Hiroki Funasaki, MD,PhD; Daisuke Kubota, MD; Yusuke Murayama, MD; Mitsuru Saito, MD,PhD; Yuta Iguchi, AT

Radiology Case Reports (Feb 2023)

Quadratus lumborum muscle strain in a youth soccer player: a case report

Kota Tanaka, MD,
Hiroki Funasaki, MD,PhD,
Daisuke Kubota, MD,
Yusuke Murayama, MD,
Mitsuru Saito, MD,PhD,
Yuta Iguchi, AT

Affiliations

Kota Tanaka, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Corresponding author.
Hiroki Funasaki, MD,PhD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Daisuke Kubota, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Yusuke Murayama, MD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Mitsuru Saito, MD,PhD: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Yuta Iguchi, AT: Shonan Bellmare soccer team, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 499 – 502

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Case: We report a case of quadratus lumborum muscle strain that occurred in a 16-year-old soccer player during a game. According to a video recording of the game, the injury occurred when the leg landed just after kicking the ball with the same leg while dribbling. The mechanism was suspected to be right lateral flexion of the trunk while the pelvis was simultaneously forced to tilt backward. The injury healed and he was able to return to competition 3 weeks later.Conclusion: This is the first report of a sports-related quadratus lumborum muscle strain.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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