Musculoskeletal Injuries Related to Yoga: Imaging Observations

Thomas Le Corroller (1, 2) , Alexandra T. Vertinsky , Rikin Hargunani , Khalid Khashoggi , Peter L. Munk , Hugue A. Ouellette

1 ISM - Institut des Sciences du Mouvement Etienne Jules Marey
2 Institute for Locomotion

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe the imaging appearances of musculoskeletal injuries related to yoga. We performed an automated search in the database of a large tertiary care center and conducted a retrospective analysis of the imaging findings in 38 patients over a 9-year period. CONCLUSION. The most frequently encountered musculoskeletal injuries were tendinous lesions, including tears of the supraspinatus, Achilles, and peroneus brevis tendons and fibrocartilaginous tears involving the medial meniscus, acetabular labrum, glenoid labrum, and lumbar disk with extrusion.

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Anatomie, Histologie, Anatomopathologie [q-bio.TO]; Imagerie

Thomas Le Corroller, Alexandra T. Vertinsky, Rikin Hargunani, Khalid Khashoggi, Peter L. Munk, et al.. Musculoskeletal Injuries Related to Yoga: Imaging Observations. American Journal of Roentgenology, 2012, 199 (2), pp.413-418. ⟨10.2214/AJR.11.7440⟩. ⟨hal-01453428⟩