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This study aimed to explore the correlation between the mechanical properties of the acetabulum labrum and ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI properties.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Material and method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Acetabular labrum specimens were dissected from 12 fresh-frozen human cadaveric hip joints (64.6\u2009\u00b1\u200911.6 years old at the time of death, 7 female). UTE Cones sequences were used to measure apparent spin-spin (T2*) and spin-lattice (T1) relaxation times using a knee coil at 3\u2005T in a clinical MR scanner. The stiffness and the elastic modulus (E) of the specimens were measured before MRI scans using uniaxial tensile tests. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients of Tendons' UTE-T2* and -T1 with their mechanical properties were calculated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The human labrum specimen elastic modulus showed a significant inverse correlation with UTE-T2* (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.66, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) and with UTE-T1 (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.56, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.05). The stiffness of the specimens showed significant inverse correlations with UTE-T2* (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.53, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01) and UTE-T1 (<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.63, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study highlighted the potential of UTE-MRI techniques for the mechanical assessment of the acetabular labrum. 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