31.   And the problem goes far beyond muscle pulls and bruised backs.

32.   But she withdrew at the last minute, citing a hip-area muscle pull.

33.   Center back Ciro Ferrara is out for the season with a broken leg and Uruguayan defender Paolo Montero is nursing a leg muscle pull.

34.   Chang said it was the lingering effect of a chest muscle pull that forced him to withdraw from the Italian Open.

35.   Doctors at first said it was a minor muscle pull and Romario would be back within a week.

36.   Her return had been planned for last week at the Paris Open but she withdrew at the last minute, citing a hip-area muscle pull.

37.   Jackson had been sidelined since early in spring training with a rib-cage muscle pull.

38.   She withdrew minutes before she was to play, citing a side muscle pull in practice.

39.   She also won a bronze medal in the long jump in Atlanta last month despite competing with a muscle pull.

40.   Team doctor Jose Luiz Runco said Luizao will undergo treatment for a small muscle pull in his right thigh.