title: Sports-related acute and chronic avulsion injuries in children and adolescents with special emphasis on tennis.
abstract: Acute and chronic sports-related muscle and tendon injuries are not infrequent in youngsters. In particular, the physis is prone to trauma as it constitutes the weakest part of the immature skeleton. The type of sports activity determines the location of the lesion. Most commonly, apophyses of the hip and pelvis are subject to avulsion. The purpose of this paper is to give a short overview of the pathogenesis, location, prevalence and imaging characteristics of acute and chronic avulsion injuries in the immature skeleton, with special emphasis on tennis-related injuries. Tennis-related injuries particularly involve apophyses of the ischial tuberosity, the anterior inferior or superior iliac spine and the iliac crest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, AZ St-Maarten, campus Duffel, Rooienberg, Duffel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Everhard J M
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Vandervliet
authors.forename: Filip M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Vanhoenacker
authors.forename: Annemie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Snoeckx
authors.forename: Jan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gielen
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Dyck
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Parizel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D025981:Hip Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013715:Tennis / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed