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. 2018 Oct;211(4):880-886.
doi: 10.2214/AJR.17.19334. Epub 2018 Jul 31.

MRI-Detected Sports-Related Knee Injuries and Abnormalities at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Andrew J Kompel  1 , Akira M Murakami  1 , Lars Engebretsen  2   3   4 , Bruce B Forster  5 , Mina Lotfi  1 , Mohamed Jarraya  1   6 , Daichi Hayashi  1   7 , Frank W Roemer  1   8 , Michel D Crema  1   9   10 , Ali Guermazi  1
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MRI-Detected Sports-Related Knee Injuries and Abnormalities at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Andrew J Kompel et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe knee abnormalities and the occurrence of MRI-detected sports-related knee abnormalities by evaluating MRI examinations performed during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games held in August 2016.

Conclusion: There were 11,274 athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and 113 of them underwent at least one knee MRI in the Olympic Village. Cartilage abnormalities, followed by meniscal tears and ligament sprains, were the most frequent abnormalities.

Keywords: Rio Summer Olympics; injury; knee; meniscus.

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