(American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) Seventy percent of healthy professional and collegiate hockey players had abnormal hip and pelvis MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging), even though they had no symptoms of injury, according to a study presented today at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans. The study's surprising findings could serve as a warning for surgeons to not depend excessively on imaging when diagnosing patients.
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