Irregular Findings Common in Knees of Young Competitive Alpine Skiers (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Irregular Findings Common in Knees of Young Competitive Alpine Skiers

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Sagittal proton density-weighted MRI scans in two 15-year-old female control participants without a distal femoral cortical irregularity demonstrate measurement of the tendon attachment position. Images show the craniocaudal position (white line) of the tendon attachment, which is defined as the distance from the level of the joint space to the most cranial attachment of tendon slips (arrowheads) for the (a) medial and (b) lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle (*). Note that the tendon of the medial gastrocnemius head in a shows two prominent tendon slips.

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