Sports injury, occupational physical activity, joint laxity, and meniscal damage.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk factors for meniscal damage, an important determinant of knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: We studied 243 men and women aged 20-59 years in whom the diagnosis of a meniscal tear was confirmed for the first time at arthroscopy, over a 25 month period, in 2 British hosp...

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Main Authors: Baker, P, Coggon, D, Reading, I, Barrett, D, McLaren, M, Cooper, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002