title: High-Resolution 3-T Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Shoulder in Nonsymptomatic Professional Baseball Pitcher Draft Picks.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To retrospectively assess the qualitative and quantitative high-resolution 3-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in nonsymptomatic baseball pitcher draft picks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Institutional review board-approved and HIPAA compliant study. Three-Tesla MRI of the dominant shoulder of 19 asymptomatic baseball pitcher draft picks and detailed clinical examination was performed before contract signing. Two radiologists performed independently qualitative and quantitative evaluation of shoulder structures. Descriptive statistics were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-eight percent (13/19), 32% (6/19), and 21% (4/19) of the baseball pitcher draft picks showed tendinopathy, partial thickness tendon tear of the supraspinatus, and acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, respectively. Glenohumeral subluxation, glenoid remodeling, and Bennett lesion were present in 53% (10/19), 79% (15/19), and 21% (4/19) of the subjects, respectively. Interclass coefficient was 0.633 to 0.863 and κ was 0.27 to 1.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In asymptomatic baseball pitcher draft picks, 3-T MRI frequently shows abnormalities involving rotator cuff tendons, the coracohumeral, inferior glenohumeral, labrum, and osseous structures.
authors.affiliation: From the *The Russell H Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; †Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Servizio di Radiologia, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland; and ‡Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Del Grande
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aro
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalali Farahani
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cosgarea
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilckens
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carrino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001484:Baseball; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult