Thesis
The effects of physical activity on hip development
- Abstract:
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In recent decades the sports opportunities available to young athletes has risen significantly. The effect of such high levels of physical exertion on the developing skeleton is largely unknown. Retired football players have significantly greater rates of hip osteoarthritis than control groups, and a higher prevalence of morphological abnormalities known to predispose to future osteoarthritis, such as cam morphology, acetabular dysplasia and retroversion, and varus leg alignment. Cam morp...
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Authors
Contributors
+ Glyn-Jones, S
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Supervisor
+ Palmer, A
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit
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Osteoarthritis Research UK
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2020-03-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Fernquest, S
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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