Description

Baseball pitching and other activities can result in damage to the ulnar collateral ligament at the elbow. Hoshika et al provided criteria for grading injury seen on MRI. The authors are from Izumi Regional Medical Center and Funabashi Orthopaedic Sports Medicine & Joint Center in Japan.


Patient selection: suspected injury to the ulnar collateral ligament at the elbow

 

Parameters:

(1) intactness of the ligament

(2) signal intensity

 

Intactness of the Ligament

Signal Intensity

Grade

intact

NA

1

intact

low-grade, high-signal

2

intact

high-grade, high-signal

3

partial tear

NA

3

full-thickness tear

NA

4

no ligamentous tissue

NA

4

 


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