Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the lower extremity (excluding Achilles)

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: General issues in muscle and tendon injury diagnosis and management".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Achilles tendon injury".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Ankle sprain".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Knee pain".)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria

•Acute trauma to the ankle (revised 2020)

•Chronic foot pain (revised 2020)

•Acute trauma to the foot (revised 2019)

•Acute trauma to the knee (revised 2019)

•Chronic knee pain (revised 2018)

•Chronic ankle pain (revised 2017)

•Chronic hip pain (revised 2016)

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Hamstring strain injury in athletes – Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability and health (2022)