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- Title
Atraumatic tears of the ligamentum teres are more frequent in professional ballet dancers than a sporting population.
- Authors
Mayes, Susan; Ferris, April-Rose; Smith, Peter; Garnham, Andrew; Cook, Jill
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>To compare the frequency of atraumatic ligamentum teres (LT) tear in professional ballet dancers with that of athletes, and to determine the relationship with clinical and imaging findings.<bold>Methods: </bold>Forty-nine male and female professional ballet dancers (98 hips) and 49 age and sex-matched non-dancing athletes (98 hips) completed questionnaires on hip symptoms and physical activity levels, underwent hip rotation range of movement (ROM) and hypermobility testing, and 3.0-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (3 T MRI) on both hips to detect LT tears, acetabular labral tears, and articular cartilage defects, and to measure the lateral centre edge angles (LCE).<bold>Results: </bold>A higher frequency of LT tear was found in dancers (55 %) compared with athletes (22 %, P = 0.001). The frequency and severity of LT tears in dancers increased with older age (P = 0.004, P = 0.006, respectively). The Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) pain scores or hip rotation ROM did not differ significantly among participants with normal, partial, or complete tears of LT (P > 0.01 for all). Neither the frequency of generalised joint hypermobility (P = 0.09) nor the LCE angles (P = 0.32, P = 0.16, left and right hips respectively) differed between those with and those without LT tear. In most hips, LT tear co-existed with either a labral tear or a cartilage defect, or both.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The higher frequency of atraumatic LT tears in professional ballet dancers suggests that the LT might be abnormally loaded in ballet, and caution is required when evaluating MRI, as LT tears may be asymptomatic. A longitudinal study of this cohort is required to determine if LT tear predisposes the hip joint to osteoarthritis.
- Subjects
LIGAMENT injuries; BALLET dancers; ATHLETES' health; JOINT hypermobility; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; HEALTH; ARTICULAR cartilage injuries; ARTICULAR cartilage; DANCE; HIP joint; LONGITUDINAL method; SPORTS; SPORTS injuries
- Publication
Skeletal Radiology, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 7, p959
- ISSN
0364-2348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00256-016-2379-6