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| Arthritis Risk in Injured Young Adults |
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Young adults with knee or hip injuries are at greatly increased risk for osteoarthritis in the same joint later in life, a new, prospective, cohort study finds. It was reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers followed 1,321 former medical students for a median follow-up of 36 years. Study participants with previous knee injuries were five times more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis and those with previous hip injuries were more than three times more likely to develop hip osteoarthritis than participants without these injuries.
Researchers say that physicians should target patients with knee and hip injuries for primary prevention of osteoarthritis.
Young people with recent injuries should consider using joint-stabilizing braces and cutting back on high-impact exercise to minimize further damage. Everyone with past injuries should use proper sports equipment under safe conditions, the authors say.
Excerpt from www. altmedicine.com
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