title: MRI of sports-related peripheral nerve injuries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sports-related peripheral nerve injuries are common among athletes and are often underrecognized because of symptom overlap with more usual sports-related bone, soft-tissue, and joint injuries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI plays an increasingly important role in the workup of peripheral nerve injuries and may reveal severe nerve abnormalities before they are diagnosed by electrodiagnostic testing or a clinical examination. Sport-specific peripheral nerve injuries and their MRI appearance will be discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: 1 The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Brushart
authors.forename: Shivani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahlawat
authors.forename: Allan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Belzberg
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carrino
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fayad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods*; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: MR neurography; peripheral nerve injury; sports neuropathy