title: High hamstring tendinopathy: MRI and ultrasound imaging and therapeutic efficacy of percutaneous corticosteroid injection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The goals of this study were to review the MRI and sonographic findings in patients diagnosed clinically with high hamstring tendinopathy and to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injections in providing symptomatic relief.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI is more sensitive than ultrasound in detecting peritendinous edema and tendinopathy at the proximal hamstring origin. Fifty percent of patients had symptomatic improvement lasting longer than 1 month after percutaneous corticosteroid injection, and 24% of patients had symptom relief for more than 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5105, USA.
authors.forename: Maurice H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zissen
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Kathryn J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fredericson
authors.forename: Christopher F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013848:Thigh; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones