Former male elite athletes have a higher prevalence of osteoarthritis and arthroplasty in the hip and knee than expected

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-533

  Tveit, Magnus ^a   Rosengren, Björn E ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; football; former athletes; hip injury; joint replacement; osteoarthritis (OA); runners; soccer; soft tissue knee injury; sport

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP INJURY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84857940180     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511429278     Document Type: Article

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