Following the success of the Golden Eaglets at the just concluded FIFA Under-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates, some perennial fault-finders have raised concerns about possible age fraud. Consequently, it has become imperative to dissect all the facts and separate facts from fictions and wishful thinking. Here are the things you need to know about MRI and its use in checking age fraud in international sports age-grade competitions.

1. Age fraud (synonyms: age cheat, over-age, age doping) is a term for age fabrication or the use of false documentation to gain an advantage over opponents in age-grade sports competitions.

2. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a test that uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of organs and structures inside the body.

3. MRI is one of the diagnostic imaging modalities in medicine but the topic is specifically about using MRI to check age fraud in sports.

4. By using MRI to scan the wrist, it is possible to verify the age of players or athletes to ensure they are within the specified age limit in sports competitions. The technique looks at the degree of fusion of the distal radial physis using a grading system that correlates with the player's age. As age increases, so does the fusion grading.

5. MRI can determine age below or over 17 with a certainty of 99%. In other words, since all the Golden Eaglets players at the just concluded U-17 FIFA World Cup were subjected to MRI test, there is only 1% chance that any of the players is older than 17 years.

6. Therefore, MRI is considered as an easy, safe, and accurate method of determining bone age and verifying the age of players and athletes.

7. The mandatory use of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was introduced by FIFA in 2009 for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup to help ascertain whether players are over age or not. Initially, MRI was done randomly but for the just concluded Under-17 World Cup in United Arab Emirates, all the players passed through the test.

8. In 2011, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) enforced the use of MRI for the 2011 African Under-17 Championship.

In conclusion, in this new regime of mandatory MRI test in international sports, there is virtually no room for over-age players/athletes.

References:
http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/mri/mri-cracks-down-%E2%80%98age-doping%E2%80%99-international-sports
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_fraud_in_association_football
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri

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Very good write-up. Are you a doctor Sir?@ op

owolabifunke14: Very good write-up. Are you a doctor Sir?@ op

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