Good Interrater Reliability for Standardized MRI Assessment of Tendon Discontinuity and Tendon Retraction in Acute Proximal Full-Thickness Hamstring Tendon Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Proximal full-thickness free hamstring tendon injury (ie, tendon avulsion or rupture) is a severe injury. Treatment decision making relies on clinical factors and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) variables; it specifically relies on which tendons are injured as well as the extent of tendon retraction. According to a worldwide evaluation of current practice, discontinuity of both proximal tendons and retraction of >2 cm are used as surgical indications. However, both the diagnosis and the use of MRI variables in decision making may be fraught with uncertainty in clinical practice. A reliable standardized MRI assessment is required.

Purpose

To propose an MRI assessment for acute proximal full-thickness free hamstring tendon injury and to evaluate its interater relia

SUBMITTER: van der Made AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283186 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature