Relationships between habitual physical activity and osteoarthrosis in ageing women.
The examination of middle-aged women specialist teachers of physical education, who have undertaken habitual physical activity over many years, demonstrated a lower prevalence of osteoarthrosis in the knee joints, a greater prevalence of degenerative joint disease in the lumbar spine and a similar prevalence of osteoarthrosis in the hips, compared with a closely age-matched group. A further review 12 years later revealed significantly less joint pain and joint stiffness in active women compared with less active controls.
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Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
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Hudson
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D007719:Knee Joint; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000453:epidemiology; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D015995:Prevalence; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D013177:Sports; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013663:Teaching