The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Athletic Pubalgia and Core Muscle Injury.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2015
Abstract
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become the standard of care imaging modality for a difficult, often misunderstood spectrum of musculoskeletal injury termed athletic pubalgia or core muscle injury. Armed with a dedicated noncontrast athletic pubalgia protocol and a late model phased array receiver coil, the musculoskeletal imager can play a great role in effective diagnosis and treatment planning for lesions, including osteitis pubis, midline pubic plate lesions, and rectus abdominis/adductor aponeurosis injury. Beyond these established patterns of MRI findings, there are many confounders and contributing pathologies about the pelvis in patients with activity related groin pain, including internal and periarticular derangements of the hip. The MRI is ideally suited to delineate the extent of expected injury and to identify the unexpected visceral and musculoskeletal lesions.
Volume
24
Issue
4
First Page
183
Last Page
191
ISSN
1536-1004
Published In/Presented At
Coker, D. J., & Zoga, A. C. (2015). The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Athletic Pubalgia and Core Muscle Injury. Topics in magnetic resonance imaging : TMRI, 24(4), 183–191. https://doi.org/10.1097/RMR.0000000000000056
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
26244616
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article