RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Degenerative joint disease in weight-lifters. Fact or fiction?
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 97
OP 101
DO 10.1136/bjsm.14.2-3.97
VO 14
IS 2-3
A1 B. Fitzgerald
A1 G. R. McLatchie
YR 1980
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/14/2-3/97.abstract
AB A clinical and radiological study of upper and lower limb joints was carried out on 25 experienced weight-lifters to identify the extent of degenerative joint disease (Osteoarthrosis) produced by this sport. Although significant degenerative changes were found in five lifters (20%). This figure is not greater than that found in the general population within the age group studied. There were more degenerative changes found in Olympic style weight-lifters (30.7%) than in power lifters (8.3%). The significance of these figures is discussed. The upper limb joints were almost completely free of degenerative changes.