Abstract
The purpose. To study the features of meniscopathy in athletes involved in the national type of wrestling "kurash". Methods. To study the features of damage to the menisci of the knee joint in «kurash» wrestlers, a limited homogeneous sample of 20 observations was selected. During the study, the clinical manifestations of meniscopathy and signs of MRI in the groups analyzed with gradation of the severity of meniscopathy according to the Stoller clinical classification. Results. It was established that in the group of «kurash» wrestlers 0 and 1 stages of the clinical severity of meniscopathy prevailed. According to the results of MRI, it was found that in the group of «kurash» wrestlers, a significantly larger proportion of wrestlers with stages 0 and 1 and a significantly smaller proportion of athletes with stages 2 and 3 were revealed, which indicates that practicing national types of wrestling much less often leads to serious structural changes in the knees. menisci. Conclusion. It is recommended to periodically conduct medical examinations for athletes involved in «kurash» wrestling with a more detailed assessment of the condition of the menisci of the knee joints using imaging methods in the form of MRI.