RUNNING DOES NOT CAUSE OA (Orthopedics This Week)
Is osteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint ailment afflicting middle-age and older adults, caused by running? According to Rebekah Marcarelli, writing for Headlines and Global News, past studies on elite male runners have suggested that such a link could exist.
Grace Hsiao-Wei Lo, M.D., M.S. of Baylor College of Medicine, decided to find out. She noted that, “Since running is a common leisure physical activity that involves repetitive loading, which could be harmful to the joint, I was particularly interested in studying how habitual running...
