Is It All About the Fascia? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Prevalence of Extramuscular Connective Tissue Lesions in Muscle Strain Injury.

Orthop J Sports Med · 2019 · PMC6931154 · PMID 31903399

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a small trendno p-value reported

Although a small trend toward longer RTP times in lesions with fascial damage may be concluded, future research is needed to substantiate this observation.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

We identified 4 studies 8 , 12 , 32 , 34 that compared the RTP duration of myofascial and myotendinous lesions. Connell et al 8 found an increased downtime in athletes with myofascial lesions, but the small difference of 1.2 days did not reach statistical significance.

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