Participation in some sports, not running, increases risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis
β Scribed by Zhang, Songning
- Book ID
- 122659402
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 244 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2095-2546
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## Abstract ## Objective To examine the work participation of Dutch people with early osteoarthritis (OA) in hips or knees and compare this with data from the American Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) cohort. The influence of health status and personal factors on work participation was analyzed. #
Background: Inbred C57BL male mice express a high incidence of spontaneous osteoarthritis of the knee joint at the age of 18 months. We used this strain of mice to find out the effects of life-long, moderate running exercise on the health of articular cartilage and the incidence of osteoarthritis.