20 Nov Tennis like high impact sports rapidly destroy cartilage in knee : Recent study

As you are well aware of the fact that increase in body weight causes increased knee arthritis and more so in people doing Racket Sports so says a recent study conducted at University of California . The causative factor behind this is attributed to the increased lateral shear forces at foot due to side to side movements in sports like Tennis May cause this wear of cartilage .

“In our study, progression of overall knee joint degeneration was consistently higher in overweight and/or obese patients engaging in racket sports,” said the study’s lead author Silvia Schirò, M.D., from the University of California San Francisco and the University of Parma in Parma, Italy. “We also found that workouts using an elliptical trainer were associated with reduced progression of overall knee joint and cartilage defects. Moreover, our findings showed that when comparing different low impact activities with each other, such as bicycling, elliptical trainer and swimming, the elliptical trainer was associated with the lowest increase in WORMS sub-scores over 48 months.

For those who are used to Racket sports and obese it’s suggested to switch to less impact sports like doubles tennis or badminton

Reference : https://medicaldialogues.in/radiology/news/racket-sports-rapidly-destroy-cartilage-in-knee-osteoarthritis-in-obese-finds-mri-study-71563