Table 3.

Side of the dominant leg and side of the lesions on STIR-MRI in soccer players 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%)

Data are expressed as number (%) unless otherwise indicated

STIR short tau inversion recovery, MRI magnetic resonance imaging