The ankle and foot play a vital role in lower limb movement and directional change. During normal walking, the ankle and foot complex bears a force of up to five times body weight, and during running this increases to up to 13 times body weight. Sporting activities are associated with large multi-directional forces at the […]
Dr Kannan Rajesparan
University College London Hospital
There has been a long-standing need for diagnostic imaging information to help quickly identify, prevent and treat injury in valuable elite athletic assets, such as footballers in the Premier League. Demand to pre-empt future conditions and manage the long-term performance of players through pro-active health surveillance is now on the increase. The long-term value of […]
Dr Steve McNally
Manchester United Football Club
Athletic training results in a spectrum of morphologic and functional changes in cardiac structure and function that represent physiological adaptation to the increased cardiac output and changes in heart rate and blood pressure that accompany high levels of exercise. However, these structural changes may overlap with certain inherited cardiac diseases which constitute an important cause […]
Dr Lynne Williams
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
In today’s world, professional athletics increasingly involves long hours of training with repetitive stressful movements of the musculoskeletal system, putting increasing levels of strain on the bones and their support apparatus and resulting in sports specific stress injuries. The prognosis of these injuries relies significantly on early recognition and appropriate management of athletes. The aim […]
Dr Adam Mitchell, Dr Maria Javed, Dr Justin Lee, Dr Philip O'Connor, Dr Sarath Bethapudi
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, The Princess Grace Hospital, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Foot and ankle injuries are common in elite footballers and are a major cause of significant loss of playing time. An 11-year follow-up of ankle injuries in 1,743 professional footballers revealed 13% of football-related injuries involve the ankle, with an incidence of 1.7-2.0 ankle injuries per 1,000 playing hours. The incidence of ankle sprains in […]
Dr Janani Kumaraguru, Dr Justin Charles Lee
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Image-guided intervention in sports is used for management of both acute musculoskeletal injuries and chronic overuse pathology. One of the goals of providing interventional treatment in athletes is to facilitate quick and safe return to active sport. A decision to provide interventional therapy and the nature of intervention is based on multiple factors including level […]
Dr Sarath Bethapudi
County Durham and Darlington Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust