New study finds 70 percent of able-bodied hockey players have abnormal hip and pelvis MRIs

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 15:21 in Health & 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 new study. 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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