Relationships between habitual physical activity and osteoarthrosis in ageing women
- PMID: 8290691
- DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80172-6
Relationships between habitual physical activity and osteoarthrosis in ageing women
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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