Brief Insight about Skeletal Muscle and Tendons Injury

Abstract

Skeletal muscle injuries are the most common sports-related injuries and a major concern in sports medicine. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), musculoskeletal injuries are the most common cause of severe long-term pain and physical disability, and affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Muscle trauma is also one of the main reasons for the decline of athlete competition performance.Risk factors for muscle injury are fatigue, weakness, age, medications/drugs, illness, gender, and nutritional status.Tendon healing divides into three overlapping phases: inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling.Inflammation is the first reaction following tendon injury. During this period, cells such as neutrophils and erythrocytes migrate to the injury site, and monocytes and macrophages begin phagocytosis of necrotic material.