High hamstring tendinopathy: MRI and ultrasound imaging and therapeutic efficacy of percutaneous corticosteroid injection.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The goals of this study were to review the MRI and sonographic findings in patients diagnosed clinically with high hamstring tendinopathy and to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injections in providing symptomatic relief.

CONCLUSION:

MRI is more sensitive than ultrasound in detecting peritendinous edema and tendinopathy at the proximal hamstring origin. Fifty percent of patients had symptomatic improvement lasting longer than 1 month after percutaneous corticosteroid injection, and 24% of patients had symptom relief for more than 6 months.

• Authors: Maurice H Zissen, Grant Wallace, Kathryn J Stevens, Michael Fredericson, Christopher F Beaulieu
• Journal: AJR. American journal of roentgenology (AJR Am J Roentgenol) Vol. 195 Issue 4 Pg. 993-8 (Oct 2010) ISSN: 1546-3141 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 20858830 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones

Topics

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones (administration & dosage)
• Adult
• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Injections (methods)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Retrospective Studies
• Tendinopathy (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
• Thigh
• Ultrasonography
• Young Adult