Tennis overuse injuries in the upper extremity

Objective Tennis is a popular sport with high levels of participation. This article aims to describe how upper extremity overuse injuries occur in relation to tennis biomechanics and to review their imaging characteristics and implications for management. In particular, we will review the imaging pa...

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Published in:Skeletal radiology 2021-04, Vol.50 (4), p.629-644
Main Authors: Patel, Hanisha, Lala, Sonali, Helfner, Brett, Wong, Tony T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomechanics
Biomedical materials
Cumulative trauma disorders
Elbow
Imaging
Injuries
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Orthopedics
Osteochondritis
Osteochondritis dissecans
Overloading
Overuse injuries
Pathology
Radiology
Review Article
Sports injuries
Tennis
Tenosynovitis
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Summary:Objective Tennis is a popular sport with high levels of participation. This article aims to describe how upper extremity overuse injuries occur in relation to tennis biomechanics and to review their imaging characteristics and implications for management. In particular, we will review the imaging patterns of internal impingement, scapular dyskinesis, lateral and medial epicondylitis, ulnar collateral ligament insufficiency, valgus extension overload, capitellar osteochondritis dissecans, extensor carpi ulnaris tendinosis and instability, tenosynovitis, triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries, and carpal stress injuries. Conclusion Tennis is a complex and physically demanding sport with a wide range of associated injuries. Repetitive overloading commonly leads to injuries of the upper extremity. An understanding of the underlying mechanisms of injury and knowledge of these injury patterns will aid the radiologist in generating the correct diagnosis in both the professional and recreational tennis athlete.
ISSN:0364-2348
1432-2161
DOI:10.1007/s00256-020-03634-2