ArticleWiener klinische Wochenschrift2010
Increased risk of knee injuries and osteoarthritis in the non-dominant leg of former professional football players.
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- Pooled it
- Occupational risk factors for meniscal lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Pooled it
- The Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in Professional Soccer Players—a Systematic Review With Meta-AnalysesDeutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in former athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Brazilian journal of physical therapyPooled it
- The effect of dietary supplements on the quality of life of retired professional football players.Global journal of health science · 2012Trial
- Is the FIFA 11+ Warm-Up Effective for Inducing Acute Knee Adaptations in Recreational Soccer Players?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Optimal exercise modalities and doses for therapeutic management of osteoarthritis of the knee.Frontiers in aging · 2025Review
- Health conditions among retired professional footballers: a scoping review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Article
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- The dominant leg is more likely to get injured in soccer players: systematic review and meta-analysis.Biology of sport · 2021Review
- Common Biochemical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers of Early Knee Osteoarthritis and of Exercise/Training in Athletes: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- A Biomechanical Comparison Shows No Difference Between Two Knee Braces used for Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Every second retired elite female football player has MRI evidence of knee osteoarthritis before age 50 years: a cross-sectional study of clinical and MRI outcomes.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
- Effects of Different Combinations of Concentric and Eccentric Resistance Training Programs on Traditional and Alternative Hamstrings-to-Quadriceps Ratios.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Using Cartilage MRI T2-Mapping to Analyze Early Cartilage Degeneration in the Knee Joint of Young Professional Soccer Players.Cartilage · 2019Article
- Use of viscosupplementation for the recovery of active football players complaining of knee pain.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2019Article
- Review
- Prevalence of knee pain, radiographic osteoarthritis and arthroplasty in retired professional footballers compared with men in the general population: a cross-sectional study.British journal of sports medicine · 2018Article
- Epidemiology and history of knee injury and its impact on activity limitation among football premier league professional referees.Journal of injury & violence research · 2018Article
- Professional football can be considered a healthy sport?Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2016Article
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to evaluate differences in knee injuries and osteoarthritis between the dominant and non-dominant legs of former professional football players. The study cohort comprised 40 retired professional players with an average age of 49.2 years. Participants completed a questionnaire about their sports and personal history with special emphasis on knee injuries/operations of the dominant and non-dominant leg. Bilateral standing knee radiographs were taken. Overall, 29 footballers (73%) had experienced at least one moderate or severe knee injury and 18 (40%) had undergone at least one knee operation during their career. Among those injured, 14 (35%) players had suffered a dominant knee injury and 22 (55%) a non-dominant knee injury. Evidence of osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence scale > or = 2) was found in 17 (43%) dominant and 23 (58%) non-dominant knees. Professional football players have a significant risk of knee injuries and early osteoarthritis with preponderance in the non-dominant leg.
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