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Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls (2022)
Journal Article
Espahbodi, S., Fernandes, G., Hogervorst, E., Thanoon, A., Batt, M., Fuller, C. W., …Zhang, W. (2022). Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e054371. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054371

INTRODUCTION: Professional footballers commonly experience sports-related injury and repetitive microtrauma to the foot and ankle, placing them at risk of subsequent chronic pain and osteoarthritis (OA) of the foot and ankle. Similarly, repeated head... Read More about Foot and ankle Osteoarthritis and Cognitive impairment in retired UK Soccer players (FOCUS): protocol for a cross-sectional comparative study with general population controls.

The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients (2022)
Journal Article
Kouraki, A., Bast, T., Ferguson, E., & Valdes, A. M. (2022). The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-04781-3

Previous research has established links between chronic pain and impaired cognitive ability, as well as between chronic pain and anxiety, in osteoarthritis. Furthermore, there is evidence linking risk of osteoarthritis to lower educational attainment... Read More about The association of socio-economic and psychological factors with limitations in day-to-day activity over 7 years in newly diagnosed osteoarthritis patients.