Metacarpal Stress Fractures in Athletes: A Systematic Review.

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[Indexed for MEDLINE] Conflict of interest statement: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. 16. Radiology. 2016 Jun;279(3):674-92. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2016150995. Imaging of Sports-related Hand and Wrist Injuries: Sports Imaging Series. Cockenpot E(1), Lefebvre G(1), Demondion X(1), Chantelot C(1), Cotten A(1). Author information: (1)From the Department of Radiology and Musculoskeletal Imaging, CHRU Lille Centre de Consultations et d'Imagerie de l'Appareil Locomoteur, Rue du Professeur Emile Laine, 59037 Lille, France. Hand and wrist injuries are common occurrences in amateur and professional sports and many of them are sport-specific. These can be divided into two categories: traumatic injuries and overuse injuries. The aim of this article is to review the most common hand and wrist sports-related lesions. Acute wrist injuries are predominantly bone fractures, such as those of the scaphoid, hamate hook, and ulnar styloid. Ligament lesions are more challenging for radiologists and may lead to carpal instability if undiagnosed. Overuse wrist injuries are mainly represented by tendinous disorders, with De Quervain syndrome and extensor carpi ulnaris tendon disorders being the most common among them; however, there are other possible disorders such as impaction syndromes, stress fractures, and neurovascular lesions. Finally, finger lesions, including closed-tendon injuries (mallet and boutonniere injuries, jersey finger, and boxer's knuckle), flexor pulley injuries, and skier's thumb, should also be detected. (©) RSNA, 2016 Online supplemental material is available for this article. DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2016150995