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ArticleJournal of ultrasound2024

Ultrasound features of a pulley strain in a sport climber: a discussion based on a case report.

Tomás Fontes, Mariana Sebastião, Fernando Saraiva

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Article in Journal of ultrasound, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Imaging of injuries in rock climbers.Skeletal radiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tomás FontesRheumatology Department, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. tomasmiguelfontes@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5629-7961
Mariana SebastiãoRheumatology Department, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
Fernando SaraivaRheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa (CAML), Av. Prof. Egas Moniz MB, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte · PTHospital de Egas Moniz · PTHospital do Divino Espírito Santo · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ruptures of the annular pulleys of the finger flexor tendons are not common in the general population. In sport climbing, these structures can be abnormally stressed, mainly because of the so-called crimped position, an extreme flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint, levering an abnormal tension by flexor tendons. Complete pulley tears manifest with explicit pain and an inability, but strains or minor tears might only be perceived by individuals like professional climbers, since they can bring total disability to crucial grip positions. Complete tears of one or more pulleys have already been characterized by ultrasound and magnetic resonance, but no imaging features were described for strains or smaller partial tears. We describe the case of a climber with symptoms of an A2-pulley injury, in whom ultrasound imaging revealed reversible features of fusiform thickening and hypoechogenicity, which resemble the strains that we find in similar structures like tendons and other ligaments.

Indexed as

Finger InjuriesMountaineeringTendon InjuriesUltrasonographyAdultAthletic InjuriesHumansMaleSprains and StrainsTendonsClimbingPulleyRehabilitationStrainUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID37353722
PMCPMC11178689
OpenAlexW4381838980

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