Lower back pain is a leading musculoskeletal cause of human impairment and disability. The costs – healthcare, physical therapy, lost work time/productivity – attributed to low back pain range from $16 to $90 billion per year. Common causes of low back and/or radicular pain are lumbar strain, herniated nucleus pulposus, lumbar spondylosis, tumor, and infection. […]
Category: MSK and Joint
Wrist Pain: Identifying Pathologies in Tiny Structures with High Resolution MRI
MR imaging aids evaluation of a number of abnormalities of the bones, ligaments, and soft tissues in the wrist. These include ligamentous disruption, disorders of the triangular fibrocartilage, ulnar impaction sydrome, damage to articular cartilage, distal radioulnar joint instability, fracture, avascular necrosis, tendinopathy, nerve entrapment syndromes, synovial abnormalities, and soft-tissue masses. Ligamentous Disruption and Carpal […]
MRI of the Degenerative Knee: Detecting Early Changes of Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is an important cause of disability in our society, affecting millions and resulting in limitations on activity. It is primarily a disease of articular cartilage, either from distant injury or degeneration. However many other changes are seen in additional tissues about the knee. Imaging offers a noninvasive means of assessing the degree of damage […]
Impingement and Rotator Cuff Disease
The shoulder, or glenohumeral joint, is the most mobile but least stable joint in the human body. Disorders of the shoulder that result in chronic pain are common in both older and younger patients, particularly in those who participate in sports that involve frequent overhead motions, such as swimming, tennis, baseball, and gymnastics. The shoulder […]