ABSTRACT Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ndings are essential to diagnose the severity of ligament tears in knee injuries in footballers. By using MRI we can accurately make diagnose and can determine the extent of damage to tissues and ligaments by grading them according to injuries. Objective: To determine the MRI ndings in patients of knee injuries in football players Methods: A multicenter descriptive study conducted at The University of Lahore Teaching Hospital and National Hospital during 4 months period. All symptomatic football players of both genders and age ranging from 16-40 year are included in this study. Our calculated sample size is 80. MRI machine (1.5T) was used for scans. All images were Proton density and T2 weighted images Results: This study includes 80 footballers complaining knee pain. Mean age of all subjects was 31.4 +, - 5.7 year. Among 80 patients who had knee injuries, 56 patients (70%) had anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, 14 patients (17.5%) had posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries, 14 patients (17.5%) had lateral cruciate ligament (LCL) injuries, 8 patients (10%) had medical collateral ligament injuries (MCL) injuries, 24 patients (30%) had lateral meniscal (LM) injuries, and 31 patients (38.8%) had medial meniscus (MM) injuries Conclusions: MRI is useful imaging modality for the detection of soft tissue injuries most commonly sports injuries. It gives more accurate and detailed information of ligaments and muscle tears than any other modalities. In our study, the most common injuries that are detected by MRI are ACL tear, bucket handle tear of medial meniscus and MCL injuries. PCL injuries are less common than ACL injuries Soccer is one of the far-ung sports in the world [1,2]. Incidence of injuries in soccer are highest and injuries are quite common in this game as compared to other sports [3]. In European countries 30-56% of injuries related to sports are due to football [3,4]. Knee is the weight bearing joint of human body that helps providing mobility and stability also helps balancing while standing [5]. Traumatic knee injuries are frequently encountered injuries commonly caused by sports and causing severe pain [6]. Consequences of these injuries are either short term or long term in short term players suffer from pain, inability to perform and taking breaks for recovery. Long term consequences include osteoarthritis and reoccurring injury [7]. MRI, because of its variability in soft tissue resolving power and multiplanar imaging provided benets that are more important than other ways of thinking in examination of traumatic knee joint injuries [8]. An MRI has changed the diagnostic image of the knee. It offers soft tissue exibility and you can check the soft tissues and bones in many image planes, which offers greater benets than other assumptions. Strategies represents airtight and non- radioactive material, a process that provides access to a “real wound map” [9]. MRI is a useful modality for diagnosis of knee injuries and nding early osteoarthritis changes. Multiple MRI studies show that structural changes are more common in athletes as compared to controls [10]. A higher extent of young asymptomatic soccer players had at least one abnormal knee on MRI as compared to controls [11]. Early diagnosis of knee changes in important as it can help in early detection of osteoarthritic changes, which may help preventing the development of osteoarthritis with rehabilitation. Simple X- ray photography is the more widely present and less costly imaging technique, but it lacks the sensitivity needed to INTRODUCTION https://www.pakistanbmj.com/journal/index.php/pbmj/index Volume 4, Issue 2 (July-Dec 2021) Bisma Haq et al. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v4i2.117 How to Cite: Bisma Haq, S., Ali, N., Zakir, M., Yousaf Farooq, S. M., Fatima, A., Niaz, A., Murtaza, Z., Chughtai, Z. G., Asif, R., Khan, S. H., & Khaliq, F. (2021). The Role of MRI in diagnosis of knee injuries in footballers: MRI diagnosis for knee injuries. Pakistan BioMedical Journal, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v4i2.117 *Corresponding Author: Syeda Bisma Haq University Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan syedabisma847@gmail.com Original Article Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Knee Injuries in Footballers 1 1 1 1 1 1 Syeda Bisma Haq , Noraiz Ali , Muhammad Zakir , Syed Muhammad Yousaf Farooq , Arooj Fatima , Afa Niaz , Zunaira 1 1 1 1 2 Murtaza , Zoya Ghaffar Chugtai , Rahma Asif , Shuja Haider Khan and Faisal Khaliq 1 University Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan 2 National Hospital and Medical Centre, Lahore, Pakistan MRI Evaluation of Knee Injuries in Footballers Keywords: Knee injuries, sports injuries, ligamentoust ears, football injuries and MRI PBMJ VOL.4 Issue 2 Jul-Dec 2021 233