Case studies on football-related musculoskeletal injuries on FC Pas Giannina (SuperLeague, Greece) players treated with INDIBA by the team’s medical team

1. Case Studies on Professional
Football Players treated with
INDIBA activ
Case studies on football-related musculoskeletal injuries on
FC Pas Giannina (SuperLeague, Greece) players treated with
INDIBA by the team’s medical team
Filippos Skordos, PT, FC Pas Giannina

2. Case Study 1
• Professional football player 27 y.o.
• Injury on adductor longus on 09/03/2014
– MRI assessment 1d post-injury on 10/03/2014: Tear on
adductor longus (11cm).
11cm

3. MRI Slides 1-d post-injury on 10/03/2014
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4. MRI assessment 1-d post-injury on 10/03/2014

5. MRI assessment 1-d post-injury on 10/03/2014
11cm

6. MRI assessment 1-d post-injury on 10/03/2014

7. MRI assessment 1-d post-injury on 10/03/2014

8. Case Study 1 - Treatment
• Treatment
– INDIBA activ (immediately post-injury) daily for 2 weeks
based on the muscle tear protocol + kinisiotherapy at sub-acute
phase

9. Case Study 1 – Return to game
• Training
– Started running + gym +on-field
training on 19/03 (10d post-injury)
• Return to game:
– 27/03/2014 played for 40min
in official match (18d post-injury)
– 30/03/2014 played for 30min
in official match (3w post-injury)
– 06/04/2014 played for 20min in
official match (4w post-injury)

10. Final MRI assessment 24/03/2014 (2
weeks post injury)
Initial MRI 10/03/2014

11. Final MRI assessment 24/03/2014 (2 weeks post injury):
Healed (2cm) (2cm)

12. Case Study 2
• Professional football player 23 y.o.
• Injury on adductors on 21/09/2014
– MRI assessment post-injury on 22/09/2014. Findings:
Extensive muscle lesion on external thyroid muscle (left)
with strong intensity signal in STIR T2 sequences
Coronal view Transverse view

13. 1-d Post-injury MRI Slides

15. Case Study 2 – Treatment
• Treatment: INDIBA daily for >60min per
session (3 total sessions) at vascularization
action level (15%).
• 26/09/2014 started running and gym (5d
post-injury)
• 29/09/2014 started on-field team training

16. Final MRI assessment 26/09/2014 (after
4 days)
Initial MRI
22/09/2014

17. Final MRI assessment 26/09/2014 (after
4 days)
Initial MRI
22/09/2014

18. Acknowledgements
Credits to Ippokration Diagnostic Imaging Center, Ioannina
for MRI exams and diagnosis