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Wrist and Hand

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Radiologists diagnosing overuse injuries in hand and wrist must have detailed knowledge of anatomy, sports specific biomechanics and sense of awareness of the sports specific pathology. Overuse injury in wrist and hand can occur in bones, tendons, ligaments, vessels and nerves. Plain film, with standardized PA and lateral films is the mainstay for initial imaging workup. MRI is extremely helpful, particularly when using a dedicated wrist coil and high field strength (1.5 or 3.0 T) MR scanners. Routinely there is no need for MR arthrography

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    Ana Navas Canete, Milko C. de Jonge, Charlotte M. Nusman, Maaike P. Terra & Mario Maas

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Canete, A.N., de Jonge, M.C., Nusman, C.M., Terra, M.P., Maas, M. (2010). Wrist and Hand. In: Karantanas, A. (eds) Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2010_14

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