Table 4.

Correlation between the side of the dominant leg and side of the lesions in soccer and baseball players

	Group S (n = 29)	Group A (n = 33)	Group B (n = 13)	p value
				All groups	Group S vs group A	Group S vs group B	Group A vs group B
Side of the lesions on STIR-MRI
Right	3 (10.3%)	4 (12.1%)	4 (30.8%)	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Left	7 (24.1%)	23 (69.7%)	6 (46.2%)	0.001	< 0.001	n.s.	n.s.
Bilateral	19 (65.5%)	6 (18.2%)	3 (23.1%)	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.02	n.s.

Data are expressed as number (%) unless otherwise indicated

Group S, soccer players with the right side of the dominant foot

Group A, baseball players whose both dominant sides of the hand of pitching and batting were right

Group B, baseball players whose dominant side of the hand of pitching was right and that of batting was left

STIR short tau inversion recovery, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, n.s. not significant