Sports and osteoarthrosis of the hip An epidemiologic study

摘要: To investigate if participation in sports increases the risk of developing osteoarthrosis hip, we did a case-control study on activities 233 men (up to age 49) who were recent recipients prosthesis because severe idiopathic hip and 302 randomly selected from general population. Assessments sports, job history, health status made by an interview. Men with high exposure all kinds combined (in hours) had relative develop 4.5 compared those low exposure. Track field racket seemed be most hazardous joint. been exposed physical loads both their occupation 8.5 load activities. Potential confounding factors, such as age, body mass index, smoking, considered. Long-term among seems factor for hip; this is increased when heavy occupation.