Martin Brix1,
Sabine Gd2, Uwe Schtz3, Christian Billich3,
Klaus Friedrich2, Alina Messner2, Siegfried Trattnig2
1Department
of Orthopaedics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2Department
of Radiology, MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria; 3Department of Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm,
Baden Wrttemberg, Germany
In ry, 19 runners were measured on a mobile 1.5 Tesla MRI during the Transeuropean-Foot-Race, a ultramarathon with an average of 70.1 km per day for 64 consecutive days. All participants received baseline measurement before the run and afterwards severel times during the run. T2* measurement was performed in the femoropatellar joint and demonstrated a significant difference of T2* values of the patella between baseline measuremnet and the first assessment during the run.
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