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Identifying the nature of the tendon, ligament, or cartilage injury is the cornerstone for the diagnosis, treatment, as well as prognosis of most of the sport injuries. There are two main imaging modalities widely used for sports-associated soft tissue damage, namely ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In contrast to MRI, US is considered the tool of choice for the assessment of the tendon/ligamentous affection. This is attributed to the facts that US not only allows the diagnosis of either partial/total tears or other tendinous/ligamentous-related pathologies but also offers the opportunity of performing dynamic examination of the affected part on the spot and at any angle without any irradiation hazard. It also enables noninvasive evaluation of the vascular perfusion within and around the affected structure. These two features, which MRI lacks, allow fast and accurate diagnosis of the focal damage and differentiate tears (with their healing features) from inflammatory processes. Similarly, it enables the diagnosis of degeneration which may occur as a consequence of the past micro/partial tears that have not healed properly.
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Czyrny, Z. (2015). Sports Medicine. In: El Miedany, Y. (eds) Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15723-8_13
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