Evaluation of spine MRIs in athletes participating in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Michael S WassermanAli GuermaziMohamed JarrayaLars EngbretsenMohamad AbdelKaderFrank W RoemerDaichi HayashiMichel D CremaAsim Z Mian

Published in: BMJ open sport & exercise medicine (2018)

A high number of the world's premier athletes demonstrated moderate to severe spine disease on MRI during the 2016 Summer Olympics, including moderate/severe degenerative disc changes with varying degrees of disc bulges and herniations.

Keyphrases

heat stress
high intensity
early onset
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
drug induced
computed tomography
diffusion weighted imaging