title: The use of MR imaging in the assessment and clinical management of stress reactions of bone in high-performance athletes.
abstract: Based on experience, the authors believe that MR imaging is a useful tool in the assessment and management of stress fractures and stress phenomenum of bone. The use of standard, graded MR evaluation aides the assessment of a repetitive stress injury to bone by allowing a more accurate diagnosis of bone injury. This more accurate assessment has predictive value in estimating the duration of disability. The use of a standard, graded MR evaluation aides the management of repetitive stress injuries to bone by defining a low grade of stress fracture (i.e., grade 1 and 2) injuries and a high grade of stress fracture (i.e., grade 3 and 4). This grading system has implications in the management of stress fractures, allowing more individualized treatment for the elite athlete.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Arendt
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome