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Abstract
There are two main hypotheses for the cause of exercise related osteoarthritis: wear and tear of the articular cartilage and muscle dysfunction. This is a review of the clinical literature to see which hypothesis has the greatest support. Clinical studies support the muscle dysfunction hypothesis over the wear and tear hypothesis.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15388532 PMCID: PMC1724947 DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.011262
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Sports Med ISSN: 0306-3674 Impact factor: 13.800