Shoulder and knee surgery double odds of osteoarthritis in retired professional rugby players
Clinical shoulder and knee osteoarthritis is a common medical condition among retired professional rugby players. Long-term consequences should be considered when managing shoulder and knee injuries during professional rugby players' careers.
Authors
- Clint Readhead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-4657)
- Johan Le Roux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-0110)
- Mike Lambert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8979-1504)
- Wayne Viljoen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-6153)
- Dina C. Janse van Rensburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1058-6992)
- Keith Stokes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-2838)
- Simon P T Kemp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3250-2713)
- Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7910-7123)
- Vincent Gouttebarge
Institutions
- Human Sciences Research Council (ZA)
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- The Football Association (GB)
- Academic Center for Evidence-Based Sports Medicine (NL)
- African Union (ET)
- Irish Rugby Football Union (IE)
- Health & Safety in Sports (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of science and medicine in sport
- Published
- 2025-04-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.03.015
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00