Specific Shoulder Pathoanatomy in Semiprofessional Water Polo Players: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Shoulders of throwing and swimming athletes are highly stressed joints that often show structural abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, while water polo players exhibit a combination of throwing and swimming movements, a specific pattern of pathological findings has not been described.

Purpose

To assess specific MRI abnormalities in shoulders of elite water polo players and to compare these findings with a healthy control group.

Study design

Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods

After performing a power analysis, volunteers were recruited for this study. Both shoulders of 28 semiprofessional water polo players and 15 healthy volunteers were assessed clinically (based on the Constant score) and had bilateral should

SUBMITTER: Klein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4555536 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature