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Table 4 Definition of abnormal findings on MRI

From: Characteristic MRI findings of the shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints in elite wheelchair basketball players

Disease

Definition of abnormal findings on MRI

Tear of tendon

High signal intensity in the tendon on T2-weighted image or proton density weighted image

Osteophytes

Bony humps around joints

Subchondral cyst

Cyst formation just below the articular cartilage

Injury of fibrocartilage (e.g., triangular fibrocartilage complex injury)

High signal area in fibrocartilage on some sequences with or without swelling

Injury of ligament

High signal area in a ligament on some sequences with or without swelling

  1. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging