Prevalence of Traumatic Findings on Routine MRI in a Large Cohort of Professional Fighters.
Document Type
Article
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous studies investigating MR imaging abnormalities among fighters have had small sample sizes. This investigation assessed a large number of fighters using the same conventional sequences on the same scanner.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Conventional 3T MR imaging was used to assess 499 fighters (boxers, mixed martial artists, and martial artists) and 62 controls for nonspecific WM changes, cerebral microhemorrhage, cavum septum pellucidum, and cavum vergae. The lengths of the cavum septum pellucidum and cavum vergae and the ratio of cavum septum pellucidum to the septum pellucidum lengths were assessed.
RESULTS: The prevalence of nonspecific WM changes was similar between groups. Fighters had a prevalence of cerebral microhemorrhage (4.2% versus 0% for controls,
CONCLUSIONS: This study assessed MR imaging findings in a large cohort demonstrating a significantly increased prevalence of cavum septum pellucidum among fighters. Although cerebral microhemorrhages were higher in fighters than in controls, this finding was not statistically significant, possibly partially due to underpowering of the study.
Medical Subject Headings
Adult; Boxing; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Intracranial Hemorrhages; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Martial Arts; Prevalence; Septum Pellucidum; White Matter
Publication Date
7-1-2017
Publication Title
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
ISSN
1936-959X
Volume
38
Issue
7
First Page
1303
Last Page
1310
PubMed ID
28473342
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3174/ajnr.A5175
Recommended Citation
Lee, J K; Wu, J; Banks, S; Bernick, C; Massand, Manoj G; Modic, M T; Ruggieri, P; and Jones, S E, "Prevalence of Traumatic Findings on Routine MRI in a Large Cohort of Professional Fighters." (2017). Neuroradiology. 94.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neuroradiology/94