Cyclical loading causes injury in and around the porcine proximal femoral physeal plate: proposed cause of the development of cam deformity in young athletes

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 MRI findings of the different zones of femoral head in the specimens

Specimen	Zones
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
		Adjacent to the physeal plate			Epiphysis		Metaphysis
	Superior		Inferior
	Medially	Laterally	Medially	Laterally	Medially	Laterally	Medially	Laterally
1	-	-	+	+	0	0	0	0
2	-	+	+	0	0	0	0	0
3	-	0	+	+	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	+	0	0	0	+	+
5	-	0	+	-	0	0	0	0
6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0	0
Control	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

+ and – indicate a higher and a lower signal respectively, compared with the control.