The athletically active middle aged arthritic knee: Introduction, demographics, sports participation, epidemiology, and types of injuries seen

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Fanelli, Gregory C ^a   Orcutt, Daniel R ^a   Harris, Justin D ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Middle aged athlete; Sports participation

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 11; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATHLETE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BRACE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; EXPECTATION; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIFESTYLE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SURGEON; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037960913     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200311020-00002     Document Type: Review

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