Normal bone marrow signal characteristics in whole-body diffusion-weighted images of amateur marathon runners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Marathon training can reverse bone marrow conversion; however, little is known about the normal bone marrow whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging (WB-DWI) signal characteristics of amateur marathon runners. If marathon training can cause diffuse hyperintensity of bone marrow on WB-DWI is essential for correctly interpreting the diffusion-weighted (DW) images. This study sought to evaluate the WB-DWI signal characteristics of normal bone marrow in amateur marathon runners.

Methods

In this prospective cross-sectional study, 30 amateur marathon runners who had trained for over 3 years for regular or half-marathon races and had a running frequency of more than 20 days a month at a distance of more than 100 km per month from the Chengde Marathon Outdoor Sports Associat

SUBMITTER: Cao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963844 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature