Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health

Description

Competitive sport increases risk for musculoskeletal injury (e.g., traumatic knee injury) and may position former athletes for early onset of chronic diseases, chronic pain, poor health-related quality of life, and disability. Quantifying function in former athletes with and without a prior injury and non-athlete controls is critical to understanding long-term health trajectories in athletes and informing potential interventional studies. One modifiable factor that may be associated with long-term health in athletes is physical activity patterns. The purpose of this study is to evaluate strength, function, physical activity, dietary patterns, and cardiometabolic health among current and former competitive athletes and in nonathlete controls to evaluate the impact of prior knee injury and sedentary behavior as two potential determinants of later poor health and reduced function.

Conditions

Aging, Athletic Injuries, Physical Inactivity, Knee Injuries and Disorders

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Competitive sport increases risk for musculoskeletal injury (e.g., traumatic knee injury) and may position former athletes for early onset of chronic diseases, chronic pain, poor health-related quality of life, and disability. Quantifying function in former athletes with and without a prior injury and non-athlete controls is critical to understanding long-term health trajectories in athletes and informing potential interventional studies. One modifiable factor that may be associated with long-term health in athletes is physical activity patterns. The purpose of this study is to evaluate strength, function, physical activity, dietary patterns, and cardiometabolic health among current and former competitive athletes and in nonathlete controls to evaluate the impact of prior knee injury and sedentary behavior as two potential determinants of later poor health and reduced function.

Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health

Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health

Condition
Aging
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Milwaukee

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53233

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 18-25 years OR age 40-64 years
  • * Current or former collegiate varsity athlete OR non-athlete control
  • * Neurologic (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's) and/or degenerative disease that impairs function
  • * Pregnancy
  • * Lower extremity joint replacement (e.g., hip or knee replacement)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 64 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Marquette University,

Jacob J. Capin, DPT, PhD, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Marquette University

Study Record Dates

2027-08