Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in 100 athletically active veteran soccer players compared with a matched group of 100 military personnel

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1447-1454

  Paxinos, Odysseas ^a   Karavasili, Alexandra ^b   Delimpasis, Georgios ^a   Stathi, Afroditi ^c  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Kalamata   (Greece)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging athlete; diagnostic ultrasound imaging; football (soccer); knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GREECE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SOCCER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATHLETES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; SOCCER;

EID: 84973472568     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546516629648     Document Type: Article

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