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Prevalence of osteoarthritis in former elite athletes: a systematic overview of the recent literature.
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- The Association Between Poor Sleep and the Incidence of Sport and Physical Training-Related Injuries in Adult Athletic Populations: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- The Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in Professional Soccer Players—a Systematic Review With Meta-AnalysesDeutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Pooled it
- What is the Prevalence of Hip Intra-Articular Pathologies and Osteoarthritis in Active Athletes with Hip and Groin Pain Compared with Those Without? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in former athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Brazilian journal of physical therapyPooled it
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- Association of arthritis and total joint arthroplasty with self-reported function in former professional American-style football players.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With Functional Outcomes in Former Professional American-Style Football Players With Symptomatic Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- A robust and interpretable deep transfer learning framework on knee acoustic emissions for osteoarthritis classification.npj biomedical innovations · 2026Article
- Stage-dependent effects of moderate treadmill exercise on cartilage preservation and subchondral bone remodeling in mouse osteoarthritis progression.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2025Article
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- Call It an "Evolution": Promoting Student-Athlete Well-Being During the Transition From Collegiate Sport.Journal of athletic training · 2023Article
- Determination of the Prevalence of Knee and Hip Clinical Osteoarthritis in the Active Professional Male Footballer and Its Association with Pain, Function, Injury and Surgery.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Nutraceuticals as Modern Key to Achieve Erythrocyte Oxidative Stress Fighting in Osteoarthritis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2022Review
- Knee function after a mean of 19 years Post-retirement in 65 Italian semi-professional rugby veterans.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Article
- Osteoarthritis complications and the recent therapeutic approaches.Inflammopharmacology · 2021Review
- Frequency of MRI-detected peripheral osteoarthritis in athletes during the Summer Olympics in Rio 2016.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2021Article
- Association of Sports Participation With Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Review
- Clinical Hip Osteoarthritis in Current and Former Professional Footballers and Its Effect on Hip Function and Quality of Life.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life in Former National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Collegiate Athletes Compared With Noncollegiate Athletes: A 5-Year Follow-Up.Journal of athletic training · 2021Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to systematically review the recent scientific literature to explore the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) in former elite athletes from team and individual sports. A systematic review of observational studies was conducted. Based on three categories of keywords (and synonyms), a sensitive search strategy was built in order to search MEDLINE and SPORTDiscus from 2000 to 2014. The data from included studies presenting a prevalence rate of OA as an outcome measure were extracted using a standardised extraction form, and their methodological quality was described. Fifteen studies were identified through our search strategy, studies being rather heterogeneous with regard to their study population and to the definition and assessment of OA. Hip OA ranged from 2 to 60%, and knee OA from 16 to 95%. Prevalence rates of general, lower limbs or hip/knee OA ranged from 1 to 59%. Prevalence of neck, back, shoulder and ankle OA was reported only in single studies (16, 18, 33 and 3%, respectively). This study showed that prevalence of OA, especially in their lower limbs, seems to be high among former elite athletes from team and individual sports compared to the general population and other occupational sectors.
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