MRI of sports-related peripheral nerve injuries

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Nov;203(5):1075-84. doi: 10.2214/AJR.13.12183.

Abstract

Objective: Sports-related peripheral nerve injuries are common among athletes and are often underrecognized because of symptom overlap with more usual sports-related bone, soft-tissue, and joint injuries.

Conclusion: MRI plays an increasingly important role in the workup of peripheral nerve injuries and may reveal severe nerve abnormalities before they are diagnosed by electrodiagnostic testing or a clinical examination. Sport-specific peripheral nerve injuries and their MRI appearance will be discussed in this article.

Keywords: MR neurography; peripheral nerve injury; sports neuropathy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Athletic Injuries / pathology*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Positioning / methods*
  • Peripheral Nerve Injuries / pathology*
  • Peripheral Nerves / pathology*