Musculotendinous and ligament injuries in professional soccer players: a pictorial essay.

Congress:

ECR 2023

Poster Number:

C-18893

Type:

Educational Exhibit

Keywords:

Emergency, Musculoskeletal joint, Musculoskeletal system, CT, MR, Education, Education and training

Authors:

V. T. Salzani, A. G. Altoé

DOI:

10.26044/ecr2023/C-18893

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.26044/ecr2023/C-18893

Background

The main goal in sports-related muscle injuries is to balance the need to prevent the injury from worsening and quickly return the athlete to competition.

Musculotendinous and ligament injuries account for the majority of all sports-related injuries.

Imaging is helpful to confirm and assess the extent of lesions, as well as help guide management and estimate the prognosis.

Several imaging techniques are widely available, with ultrasonography (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging currently being the most frequently applied in sports medicine.

This poster will focus on MRI, particularly the clinical relevance of imaging features of musculotendinous and ligament injuries.

All the presented cases are injuries suffered by professional soccer players in the Brazilian first league (2021 and 2022), either in soccer games or training.

Fig 1: Fig 01: Male, 24 years-old: Professional soccer player. Right ankle sprain

Fig 2: Fig 02: Male, 24 years-old: Professional soccer player. Right ankle sprain

Fig 14: Fig 03: Male, 36 years-old: Right ankle sprain

Fig 13: Fig 04: Male, 25 years-old: Professional soccer player. First toe pain in game.

Fig 5: Fig 05: Male, 24 years-old: Posterior right leg pain after train. Deny...

Fig 6: Fig 06: Male, 24 years-old: Posterior right leg pain after train. Deny...

Fig 7: Fig 07: Male, 26 years-old: Left groin pain after game.

Fig 8: Fig 08: Male, 26 years-old: Left groin pain after game.

Fig 9: Fig 09: Male, 27 years-old: Severe calf pain in game.

Fig 10: Fig 10: Male, 21 years-old: Professional soccer player. Knee torsion.

Fig 11: Fig 11: Male, 21 years-old: Professional soccer player. Knee torsion.

Fig 12: Fig 12: Male, 21 years-old: Professional soccer player. Knee torsion.