(www.neomundo.com.ar) long discusses whether the exercise is good or bad for the knees, but a new study with nearly 10,000 participants concluded that physical activity helps this important joint
work done by the American College of Medicine of the sport found that exercise has an effect different in different parts of the knee and this could you explain the conflicting results that many research found. “Various studies examined the impact of physical activity on the knee as a whole, but none observed the effect on individual parts.” “And it is that the exercise in a differential way affects every part of the knee,” said Flavia Cicuttini, one of the main authors.
Their conclusions, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise ®, apply directly to persons who suffer from osteoarthritis, a disease that causes degeneration of the cartilage of joints such as the knees, hands, hips and spine. As a result of this damage, the bones start rubbing each other and this leads to symptoms such as inflammation, pain and decreased movement.
Exercise for the joint
the authors analyzed 28 different research who reviewed how physical exercise influences the development of osteoarthritis. In total, these studies covered 9.737 participants from different parts of the world.
Donna Urquhart, another of the authors, explained that physical activity generates ligamentum, i.e. lumps that arise from the bones, but does not affect space articulate or cartilage located therein. In fact, the exercise improved the integrity of cartilage that showed one larger volume and a lower level of structural alterations.
“These findings are significant as they suggest that, in the absence of damage to the cartilage, the ligamentum may be a functional adaptation to mechanical stimulus,” said the specialist.
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