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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Dec 16 - Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports like football,

About 30% of athletes had hip or knee arthritis, compared to 19% who weren't athletes.soccer and rugby have a higher risk of knee and hip arthritis later in life than men who exercise a little or not at all, a recent study found.

The study, published December 8 in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, included more than 700 retired Swedish athletes aged 50 to 93 who had played professional and Olympic level sports and nearly 1,400 men of the same age who exercised a little or not at all.

The retired athletes included men who played high-contact sports such as soccer and hockey, and others from non-contact sports like running, swimming and cycling.

The researchers found the risk of hip or knee arthritis was 85% higher in elite athletes. And in athletes who had joint surgery, the risk more than doubled.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/755637?src=mp&spon=8