NLS Scanner with Biophilia Tracker and Diagnosis of Muscle Trauma

NLS Scanner with Biophilia Tracker and Diagnosis of Muscle Trauma

Lower extremity muscle injuries can be divided into three categories according to the mechanism of injury.

1. Damage from overwork. Strong start-up stress, especially with insufficient preheat and too cold, can cause cracking. Also with excessive exertion, muscle hyperextension can occur, which in turn can lead to pain or damage to the compartment, which is most typical of the adductors of the hip and the posterior muscles of the hip.

2. Actual trauma from external disruptive factors - direct or indirect (fall) blows.

3. Trauma that develops due to persistent overload, «chronic microtrauma».

Typically, microtrauma and muscle rupture occur at the muscle-to-tendon transition where the tissue loses homogeneity because the mechanical durability of muscle and tendon differs at the transition.

According to J. Comtet and W. Muller, complete rupture occurs in muscles with isolated function. In the quadriceps of the thigh is m. The rectus femoris, without any synergist. This trauma occurs more often in hockey players after the hockey stick is hit. The most frequent site of rectus femoral injury is the tendon transition. Partial ruptures are more common in the biceps and adductors of the thigh. The integrity of the adductor muscle is compromised not only at the muscle-to-tendon transition, but also at the attachment at the pubic bone. In the medical literature, this trauma is called «ARS-complex» (rectus adductor syndrome). As the term implies, with injury to the adductors, the rectus abdominis is injured at its junction with the symphysis.

Conditional muscle injuries can be divided into microbursts (3-5mm in the affected area) and ruptures larger than 5mm. Trauma can be longitudinal—along the muscle fibers, or transverse. Longitudinal trauma is more common and easier to diagnose and treat.

During the comprehensive diagnosis, it is necessary to check the state of tension and relaxation of the muscles. Measurement of exposed pathological areas is recommended for subsequent dynamic control.

Therefore, most traumas (94.5%) presented as muscle bruises smaller than 20 mm, which were difficult to diagnose by other methods. At the same time, the wrong medical strategy and wrong choice of training mode under such trauma can lead to further muscle damage that can limit physical activity. This fact illustrates the importance of the Biophilia Tracker study in the diagnosis of muscle trauma in athletes.