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. 1993 Nov;107(6):459-70.
doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80172-6.

Relationships between habitual physical activity and osteoarthrosis in ageing women

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Relationships between habitual physical activity and osteoarthrosis in ageing women

J A White et al. Public Health. 1993 Nov.

Abstract

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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