Table 3 Side of the dominant leg and side of the lesions on STIR-MRI in soccer players and baseball players
From: Comparison of symptomatic spondylolysis in young soccer and baseball players
Right | Left | Bilateral | |
|---|---|---|---|
Soccer players (n = 33) | |||
Side of the dominant foot | |||
Right (n = 29) | 3 (10.3%) | 7 (24.1%) | 19 (65.5%) |
Left (n = 4) | 2 (50.0%) | 1 (25.0%) | 1 (25.0%) |
Total | 5 (15.2%) | 8 (24.2%) | 20 (60.6%) |
Baseball players (n = 49) | |||
Side of the dominant hand (pitching/batting) | |||
Right/right (n = 33) | 4 (12.1%) | 23 (69.7%) | 6 (18.2%) |
Right/left (n = 13) | 4 (30.8%) | 6 (46.2%) | 3 (23.1%) |
Left/left (n = 3) | 3 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Total | 11 (22.4%) | 29 (59.2%) | 9 (18.4%) |