Seamer Atkinson Compounds the English team's Fitness Worries.
'Significant concern' for the English camp after Atkinson is forced off suffering a hamstring problem.
The pace bowler added to the injury concerns plaguing England when he left the ground during Saturday's play of the fourth Ashes Test in the Ashes series.
Atkinson pulled up with his left leg immediately following a delivery of the fourth over during the morning session.
Team management stated the 27-year-old felt some "soreness" and required time off the field to undergo evaluation "in the coming hours".
The series decider in this Ashes battle beginning on 4 January begins on Sunday, 4 January.
England have been without strike bowlers one seamer with a knee problem and another paceman with an abdominal strain during this series.
A replacement bowler was added to the party to provide backup.
The seamer had a tough time during the first two matches, taking just a handful of scalps.
He was left out of the third Test, before being recalled for the Melbourne Test as Archer's replacement.
Atkinson showed better form in Melbourne, bagging two scalps with the ball, before adding 28 while batting being one of only three England players to get into double digits.
After bowling one over at the end of day one, he resumed for the second day's play and dismissed the nightwatchman edging to the keeper.
Yet, on the final ball of that over, he bowled a change of pace to the batsman and promptly felt his left hamstring.
The English bowler returned to the side for the Melbourne match having missed the Adelaide game.