Keywords: Joint, MSK
Motivation: Hip osteoarthritis is a prevalent disease that results in pain and loss of mobility. There is no conclusive cause or treatment for this disease.
Goal(s): Examine how rotational forces in swimming impact hip joint health by comparing hip morphology and cartilage microstructure in elite collegiate swimmers.
Approach: A multi-echo in steady state sequence was used for cartilage segmentation and T2 mapping, and a 3D coronal proton density-weighted CUBE sequence was used for morphological assessment of the femur and acetabulum.
Results: Statistically significant correlations were found between hip morphology markers and T2 times in breaststroke swimmers but not in non-breaststroke swimmers.
Impact: This study suggested that swim technique may be related to hip morphology and cartilage in elite-level swimmers. This population may be useful to study how specific movements contribute to disease development.
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