The Role of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Diagnose the Knee Joint Damages to the Athletes

Abstract

The knee is one of the major joints that bear a very high burden, ensuring in the same time mobility and stability during physical activities, and balance in maintaining the body position. Injuries at this level are quite commonly found in medical practice, often caused by practicing a sport and can result in pain and disability. Investigation through Nuclear magnetic resonance has been proved in the recent years to be the main way of non-invasive examination of sport knee injuries. It represents a paraclinic exploration/investigation widely accepted in the protocols destined to the patients with traumatic symptomatology in the knee joint, gradually replacing arthroscopy in this type of pathology. It is regarded as a top diagnostic tool in evaluating the knee joint to visualize the associated anatomical details and the associated pathology that can go from articular ligament injury to destroying the articular cartilage.