title: COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE PUBIS OF ASYMPTOMATIC ATHLETES AND NON-ATHLETES WITH MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the magnetic resonance imaging findings from the pubis of professional soccer players without any history or clinical findings of groin pain, and from sedentary individuals, also without symptoms, and to determine the prevalence of changes compatible with pubic overload.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen professional soccer players without complaints of groin pain and seventeen sedentary individuals, also asymptomatic, underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the pubis. The results from the examinations were analyzed regarding the presence of degenerative changes, boned medullary edema and tendinopathy, and the two study groups were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High prevalence of bone edema, tendinopathy and degenerative findings in the pubic symphysis was seen in the athletes, with statistically significant higher odds ratios and relative risk in the population studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Professional soccer players are at a higher risk of developing changes in the pubic region, shown in magnetic resonance images, compared with sedentary individuals. These findings are not necessarily caused by groin pain, and are probably related to intense exertion.
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF - UFRJ).
authors.forename: Rodrigo Castelo
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Branco
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist, Preceptor of Medical Residence in Orthopedics and Clinical Head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF - UFRJ).
authors.forename: César Rubens
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: da Costa Fontenelle
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF - UFRJ).
authors.forename: Leandro Marques
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Resident Physician in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital (HUCFF - UFRJ).
authors.forename: Yonder Archanjo Ching San
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Junior
authors.affiliation: Member of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Radiologist at Multimagem Radiological Clinic (RJ).
authors.forename: Evandro Miguelote
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Vianna
keywords: Athletes; Magnetic Resonance; Osteitis pubis; Pubalgia; Pubis; Soccer Players