L’arthrose du genou chez des anciens footballeurs de haut niveau (à propos de 50 cas)

Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in former athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis

“…76,77 Olsen et al 76 showed that this program improves awareness and control of the knee during landing and spinning movements, reducing the occurrence of lower limbs injuries. Finally, previous studies have demonstrated that 78.0 to 80.0% of former soccer players are overweight, 46,78 which increases the risk of developing knee OA. 79 Therefore, educational programs related to healthy diet and maintenance of an active lifestyle may reduce weight gain after retirement and consequently reduce knee OA prevalence in former athletes.…”

“…Four studies out of fifteen scored ≤5 out of 10. 46,47,51,57 Methodological quality issues are reported in Table 2. Out of fifteen studies, five did not analyze data with sufficient coverage of the identified sample, 46,47,50,51,55 four did not use reliable diagnostic criteria for knee OA 47,51,52,57 (i.e.…”

“…46,47,51,57 Methodological quality issues are reported in Table 2. Out of fifteen studies, five did not analyze data with sufficient coverage of the identified sample, 46,47,50,51,55 four did not use reliable diagnostic criteria for knee OA 47,51,52,57 (i.e. self-reported diagnosis), eight did not present reliability of the method used to identify knee OA, 46,47,49,51,52,54,56,57 twelve did not report subpopulations using objective criteria 44---46,48---54,57,58 and eleven did not reach appropriate sample size.…”

“…58 For diagnostic criteria, ten out of fifteen studies used imaging 44---46,48---50,53---55,58 (i.e. Ultrasound, 49 X-ray 30---32,34,36,39---41,45 and/or Magnetic Resonance Imaging 45 ), five used clinical exams 46,53,55,56,58 and three used selfreported. 51,52,57 Three reported prevalence in different sport modalities 33,41,42 (Table 1).…”