Sports Medicine Said to Overuse M.R.I.’s (Gina Kolata @ NY Times)
Dr. James Andrews, a widely known sports medicine orthopedist in Gulf Breeze, Fla., wanted to test his suspicion that M.R.I.’s, the scans given to almost every injured athlete or casual exerciser, might be a bit misleading. So he scanned the shoulders of 31 perfectly healthy professional baseball pitchers. Dr. James Andrews found that M.R.I.'s can mislead.
The Athlete's Pain
Overuse of Scans
Articles in this series look at popular sports medicine procedures that remain unproven.
M.R.I.’s can be ex...
