ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2016
Professional football can be considered a healthy sport?
Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in Professional Soccer Players—a Systematic Review With Meta-AnalysesDeutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Pooled it
- Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction in Former Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Pubic apophyseal MRI findings in asymptomatic elite youth soccer players: a cross-sectional comparison with non-athletes.Skeletal radiology · 2026Article
- Is the FIFA 11+ Warm-Up Effective for Inducing Acute Knee Adaptations in Recreational Soccer Players?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Severe Injuries of Former Portuguese Football Players: A Post-Career Burden?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Quality of Life of Former Portuguese Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development and validation of an interview guide for examining the effects of sports careers on the quality of life of retired Portuguese football players.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Patellofemoral Pain, Q-Angle, and Performance in Female Chinese Collegiate Soccer Players.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to compare the results of knee MRIs of former football players with no previous knee surgeries with non-regular practitioners of impact sports, matched by age and sex, and combine these results with other variables such as current quality of life and pain in the knees.
methodsThe study participants were 16 male former professional football players and 21 male volunteers from different non-sports professional areas. All participants underwent bilateral magnetic resonances. Specific knee evaluations with regard to osteoarthritis and quality of life were performed in both groups by applying the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subjective questionnaires and SF-36, respectively.
resultsThe between-group comparison revealed significant differences on: pain, symptoms, and quality of life related to the knee in KOOS subscales; physical aspects and vitality subscale of SF-36; and former soccer players had worst magnetic resonances scores than controls.
conclusionResults of this study indicate probable specific adverse effects associated with participating in professional football. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Cross-sectional study, Level III.
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