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- Title
Early knee changes in dancers identified by ultra-high-field 7 T MRI.
- Authors
Chang, G.; Diamond, M.; Nevsky, G.; Regatte, R. R.; Weiss, D. S.
- Abstract
We aimed to determine whether a unique, ultra-high-field 7 T magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) scanner could detect occult cartilage and meniscal injuries in asymptomatic female dancers. This study had Institutional Review Board approval. We recruited eight pre-professional female dancers and nine non-athletic, female controls. We scanned the dominant knee on a 7 T MRI scanner using a three-dimensional fast low-angle shot sequence and a proton density, fast spin-echo sequence to evaluate cartilage and menisci, respectively. Two radiologists scored cartilage (International Cartilage Repair Society classification) and meniscal ( Stoller classification) lesions. We applied two-tailed z- and t-tests to determine statistical significance. There were no cartilage lesions in dancers or controls. For the medial meniscus, the dancers demonstrated higher mean MRI score (2.38 ± 0.61 vs 1.0 ± 0.97, P < 0.0001) and higher frequency of mean grade 2 lesions (88% vs 11%, P < 0.01) compared with the controls. For the lateral meniscus, there was no difference in score (0.5 ± 0.81 vs 0.5 ± 0.78, P = 0.78) in dancers compared with the control groups. Asymptomatic dancers demonstrate occult medial meniscal lesions. Because this has been described in early osteoarthritis, close surveillance of dancers' knee symptoms and function with appropriate activity modification may help maintain their long-term knee health.
- Subjects
MENISCUS injuries; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; ARTICULAR cartilage; DANCE; LONGITUDINAL method; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis software; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 4, p678
- ISSN
0905-7188
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/sms.12039