ArticleSkeletal radiology2016
Atraumatic tears of the ligamentum teres are more frequent in professional ballet dancers than a sporting population.
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- Understanding hip pathology in ballet dancers.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Pooled it
- Microinstability of the hip: a systematic review of the imaging findings.Skeletal radiology · 2020Pooled it
- What is the Prevalence of Hip Intra-Articular Pathologies and Osteoarthritis in Active Athletes with Hip and Groin Pain Compared with Those Without? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
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- A finite element analysis model to support ligamentum teres function.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2025Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors for Acute Articular Cartilage Tears in Military and Other Occupational Settings: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The posterior crescent sign on MRI and MR arthrography: is it a marker of hip dysplasia and instability?Skeletal radiology · 2023Article
- Indications and Outcomes After Ligamentum Teres Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Review
- Ultrasonography-guided intra-articular steroid injection in the hip for symptomatic round ligament partial tear or degeneration.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2020Article
- CLINICAL RELEVANCE of the LIGAMENTUM TERES: A LITERATURE REVIEW.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2019Article
- A MECHANISM FOR LIGAMENTUM TERES INJURIES IN FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT: AN ANATOMICAL STUDY.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo 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.
methodsForty-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).
resultsA 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.
conclusionThe 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.
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