Osteoarthritic changes in the knees of recently retired male professional footballers: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is common amongst retired male professional footballers. There is limited understanding with respect to the interplay between imaging findings, clinical presentation and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in retired professional footballers with knee OA.

Objectives

This pilot study aimed to evaluate the extent of radiological and clinical knee OA in a cohort of retired male professional footballers, and to explore the relationship between these findings and knee-related PROMs.

Methods

Fifteen retired male professional footballers underwent knee radiographs and were surveyed on their history of clinical OA, severe knee injury and previous knee surgery. The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Physical Function Short Fo

SUBMITTER: Carmody S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9924553 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature