Diagnostic performance of the Strength and Pain Assessment (SPA) score for non-contact muscle injury screening in male soccer players.

Luca SemperboniChiara VignatiMaria Giulia Ballatore Anita TabaccoChiara BussoMarco Alessandro Minetto

Published in: The Physician and sportsmedicine (2020)

This study found that the SPA score has high diagnostic accuracy for structural muscle injuries and could be used as a valid screening tool in soccer players presenting with sudden or progressive onset of muscle pain during or after a competition.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
skeletal muscle
pain management
neuropathic pain
multiple sclerosis
spinal cord