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ArticleOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany)2024

[Muscle injuries: the importance of high-resolution dynamic sonography in diagnostics, treatment and monitoring].

Jörg Dünkel, Thomas-Oliver Scheider, Giorgio Tamborrini

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Article in Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Jörg DünkelSportklinik Bern, Bümplizstrasse 83, 3018, Bern, Schweiz. Sportklinik.bern@hirslanden.ch.
Thomas-Oliver ScheiderKniechirurgie Bern, Bern, Schweiz.
Giorgio TamborriniUZR - Schweizer Ultraschallzentrum und Institut für Rheumatologie, Basel, Schweiz.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMuscle injuries are common in football. Imaging diagnostics have a major role in establishing a diagnosis. The main diagnostic procedures are MRI and ultrasound. Both diagnostics have advantages and disadvantages, which should be balanced against each other. NEW ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES: The role of MRI as the gold standard is increasingly being replaced by high-resolution ultrasound techniques, and MRI imaging is not always useful. To detect complications in the early stages it is advised to perform regular ultrasound-imaging check-ups. The healing process can be monitored, and it offers additional options for ultrasound-guided interventions such as hematoma punctures and targeted infiltrations. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES: However, ultrasound imaging is highly user dependent. Experienced operators can eliminate this disadvantage, which makes ultrasound a superior imaging system in many areas, especially for dynamic examinations. Nevertheless, MRI imaging remains a necessary imaging method in certain areas.

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Athletic InjuriesMuscle, SkeletalUltrasonographyHumansImage EnhancementMagnetic Resonance ImagingFollow-up careHamstring tendonsMRISports injuriesUltrasound imaging

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PMID38739271
PMCPMC11142968

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