دورية أكاديمية

Evaluation of finger cartilage composition in recreational climbers with 7 Tesla T2 mapping magnetic resonance imaging

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العنوان: Evaluation of finger cartilage composition in recreational climbers with 7 Tesla T2 mapping magnetic resonance imaging
المؤلفون: Bayer, Thomas, Brockhoff, Marie-Jo, Nagel, Armin M., Adler, Werner, Lutter, Christoph, Janka, Rolf, Heiss, Rafael, Uder, Michael, Roemer, Frank W.
المصدر: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living ; volume 5 ; ISSN 2624-9367
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media SA
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: Frontiers (Publisher - via CrossRef)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Anthropology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Physiology
الوصف: Purpose Sport climbing may lead to tissue adaptation including finger cartilage before apparent surface damage is detectable. The main aim was to assess finger cartilage composition with T2 mapping in young, active climbers and to compare the results to a non-climbers' collective. A secondary aim was to compare whether differences in cartilage T2 times are observed between older vs. younger volunteers. Methods and materials 7 Tesla MRI of the fingers Dig.2–4 was performed using a multi-echo spin echo sequence. Manual segmentation of 3 ROIs at the metacarpal heads, 1 ROI at the base phalanx and 1 ROI at the proximal interphalangeal joint was performed. Included were 13 volunteers without history of trauma who are regularly performing climbing activities as a recreational sport (>20 h/month). These were age-matched with 10 control subjects not performing climbing activities. Results Mean age was 32.4 years for the climbing group and 25.8 years for the controls. Mean T2 values for the 5 different ROIs were 42.2 ± 7.8 msec for climbers and 41.4 ± 6.8 msec for non-climbers. No significant differences were observed for T2 values between both groups. However, higher age had a significant impact on T2 values for all assessed ROIs (higher age 44.2 ± 9.5, younger age 32.9 ± 5.7, p = 0.001). Discussion This study evaluated the cartilage composition of young, engaged climbers with a T2 mapping MRI technique with the purpose to depict early onset joint changes. No negative impact on cartilage composition due to the sport activity was found, whereas age-related effects on the cartilage seemed to be more prominent.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: unknown
DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1248581
DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1248581/full
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1248581Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.F02DBF67
قاعدة البيانات: BASE