High Prevalence of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Former Professional American Style Football Players: A Call to Action

Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Feb 1;20(2):67-68. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000804.

Authors

Bryan Cortez¹, Jillian Baker¹, Joanne Borg-Stein, Meagan Wasfy, Aaron L Baggish, Ross Zafonte, Adam S Tenforde

Affiliation

¹ Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

PMID: 33560027
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000804

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / statistics & numerical data*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / statistics & numerical data*
Football / injuries*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Osteoarthritis, Hip / epidemiology
Osteoarthritis, Hip / surgery*
Osteoarthritis, Knee / epidemiology
Osteoarthritis, Knee / surgery*
Prevalence
United States