Citation

Bedoya MA, Jaramillo D, Chauvin NA. Top. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2015; 24(2): 67-81.

Affiliation

From the *Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and †Perelman School of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/RMR.0000000000000048

PMID

25835584

Abstract

There has been a substantial increase in the number of children participating in organized competitive sports, which has led to a surge in the number of both acute and overuse injuries. To prevent further complications such as limb deformity and disability, radiologists must be familiar with typical overuse injury patterns in children. Traction apophysitis, chronic physeal injury, and stress fractures are the principal overuse injuries. This article reviews overuse injuries in children with an emphasis on the role of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

Language: en