MUSCLE STRAINS: NEW MR IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC METHODS

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Hypothesis: In muscle strains, the normal architecture of a muscle is altered because the muscle fibers are disrupted. Diffusion of water in strained fibers will change from being anisotropic to isotropic. This decrease in anisotopy will be reflected by increases in the diffusivity and shortening of the length of the fibers compared to those in the healthy muscle on the non-injured leg.