Open AccessFootball Increases Future Risk of Symptomatic Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis
Author(s) -
Grace H. Lo,
Timothy E. McAlindon,
Andrea M. Kriska,
Lori Lyn Price,
Bonny RocketteWagner,
Lisa A. Mandl,
Charles B. Eaton,
Marc C. Hochberg,
Rebecca D. Jackson,
C. Kent Kwoh,
Michael C. Nevitt,
Jeffrey B. Driban
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000002189
Subject(s) - football , medicine , osteoarthritis , knee pain , physical therapy , observational study , body mass index , american football , cohort , cohort study , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law
Male youth in the United States commonly participate in gridiron (American) football. There are little data substantiating current popular opinion that it is associated with knee pain or osteoarthritis (OA) later in life. We aimed to evaluate the relationship of football with these outcomes in the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI).