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Disclosures: No relevant disclosures. Talk title: Gym Craze Target audience: · radiologists in training · general radiologists · MSK radiologists Outcome/objectives: · to understand the unique stresses gymnastics poses on the young athletes · to learn common mechanisms of injury in gymnastics and their imaging appearances (i.e., Gymnast’s wrist, TFCC tear, pars fractures) · to understand how gymnasts of different age experience these injuries · to learn about sequelae of gymnastic injuries · to learn about the other “gym” injuries, specifically related to CrossFit.

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