Imaging shoulder instability in the athlete.
Athletes who partake in overhead or throwing activities frequently suffer from shoulder pain. Glenohumeral instability plays an important role in sports-related shoulder pain. Shoulder instability can be traumatic, atraumatic, or microtraumatic in origin. In athletes, atraumatic and microtraumatic instabilities can lead to secondary impingement and chronic damage to intra-articular structures. MR arthrography is the modality of choice for assessing glenohumeral instability and diagnosing labroligamentous injuries. This article reviews imaging of instability-related injuries in athletes, with special emphasis on MR imaging.
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Department of Radiology, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland. diane.bergin@hse.ie
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed