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Marathon Running And Arthritis
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Hello All,

Most already know this ...... but it is good to see current information that states long distance runners are at less risk for arthritis than non runners.

https://www.myajc.com/...EhggC8s2KK9Xf0w92GL/

Excerpt:

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018

A new study comes to the somewhat counterintuitive conclusion that marathon runners have less arthritis than non-runners.

The study

Most people would assume that serious runners face a high risk for arthritis of the hip and knees. Yet prior research has generally failed to uncover such a connection. The most recent study, published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, actually found that veteran American marathoners had only half as much arthritis as non-runners. According to alarming new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arthritis now represents a $300 billion annual burden. [emphasis added]


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342063

Excerpts:

Abstract


"BACKGROUND:

Existing evidence on whether marathon running contributes to hip and knee arthritis is inconclusive. Our aim was to describe hip and knee health in active marathon runners, including the prevalence of pain, arthritis, and arthroplasty, and associated risk factors."


"RESULTS:

Marathoners (n = 675) with a mean age of 48 years (range, 18 to 79 years) ran a mean distance of 36 miles weekly (range, 10 to 150 miles weekly) over a mean time of 19 years (range, 3 to 60 years) and completed a mean of 76 marathons (range, 5 to 1,016 marathons). Hip or knee pain was reported by 47%, and arthritis was reported by 8.9% of marathoners. Arthritis prevalence was 8.8% for the subgroup of U.S. marathoners, significantly lower (p < 0.001) than the prevalence in the matched U.S. population (17.9%) and in subgroups stratified by age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and physical activity level (p < 0.001). Seven marathoners continued to run following hip or knee arthroplasty. Age and family and surgical history were independent risk factors for arthritis. There was no significant risk associated with running duration, intensity, mileage, or the number of marathons completed (p > 0.05)."



Cheers, Neal

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