Fig 1.
Representation of the procedure between the field of play and the player placement in the MR scanner for data collection.
A) Player during the match, B) player on the golf cart to the sports medicine center of the Joan Gamper Sports City, C) player on the MR compatible wheelchair in MR facilities hallway, D) player in the MR scanner.
Fig 2.
Illustration of T2 measurement methodology on hamstrings muscles.
Pre-match overlay of PD FS images and T2 maps (left) and post-match T2 maps (right). A) ROIs on left and right proximal semitendinosus. B) ROIs on left and right proximal biceps femoris long head and middle semitendinosus. C) ROIs on left and right proximal biceps femoris short head, middle biceps femoris long head, middle semimembranosus and distal semitendinosus.
Table 1.
Characteristics of all athletes.
Table 2.
GPS device data collection.
Table 3.
T2 mapping MR-based data.
Fig 3.
T2 value difference between pre- and post-match of the semitendinosus muscle.
*Significantly different from baseline (pre) with p<0.004.