Dr. Andrews performed MRI on 31 professional baseball players’ shoulders. None of the players experienced pain or other symptoms of injury, but the MRI found abnormal shoulder cartilage in 90 percent of the shoulders and abnormal rotator cuff tendons in 87 percent of the shoulders.
Along with other orthopedic sports medicine physicians, Dr. Andrews is advocating for judicious use of MRI in diagnosing and treating patients. Instead of taking MRI, the physicians argue careful medical history, physical exams and potentially an X-ray can diagnose the problem, according to the report.
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