Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology, Table of Contents

Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2022; 26(01): 028-040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731420

Review Article

Imaging of Hockey-related Injuries of the Head, Neck, and Body

R. Davis Holmes

¹Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

John P. Walsh

²Musculoskeletal Section, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

Yet Y. Yan

²Musculoskeletal Section, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

Paul I. Mallinson

²Musculoskeletal Section, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

Gordon T. Andrews

²Musculoskeletal Section, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

Peter L. Munk

²Musculoskeletal Section, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

,

Hugue A. Ouellette

²Musculoskeletal Section, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Abstract

Hockey is a demanding contact sport with growing popularity around the world. This article is part of a review series in this issue of Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology that summarizes epidemiological research on the patterns of ice hockey injuries as well as provides pictorial examples for a radiologist's perspective. We focus on non-extremity pathologies which encompass many of the most devastating injuries of hockey, namely those involving the head, neck, face, spine, and body.

Keywords

Keywords

sports imaging - hockey - trauma - magnetic resonance imaging

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