A Cross-Sectional Study of Retired Great British Olympians (Berlin 1936-Sochi 2014): Olympic Career Injuries, Joint Health in Later Life, and Reasons for Retirement from Olympic Sport. (2021)
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Cooper, D., Batt, M., O'Hanlon, M., & Palmer, D. (2021). A Cross-Sectional Study of Retired Great British Olympians (Berlin 1936-Sochi 2014): Olympic Career Injuries, Joint Health in Later Life, and Reasons for Retirement from Olympic Sport. Sports Medicine, 54 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-021-00339-1

BACKGROUND: The relationship between Olympic career sport injury and the long-term musculoskeletal health of the elite athlete remains unclear. This study describes the lifetime prevalence of medical attention injuries that occurred during training a... Read More about A Cross-Sectional Study of Retired Great British Olympians (Berlin 1936-Sochi 2014): Olympic Career Injuries, Joint Health in Later Life, and Reasons for Retirement from Olympic Sport..

Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018 (2020)
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Palmer, D., Cooper, D., Emery, C., Batt, M., Engebretsen, L., Scammell, B., …Schamasch, P. (2020). Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46 - 53. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101772

<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p>Describe the self-reported prevalence and nature of Olympic-career injury and general health and current residual symptoms in a self-selected sample of retired Olympians.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:se... Read More about Self-reported sports injuries and later-life health status in 3357 retired Olympians from 131 countries: a cross-sectional survey among those competing in the games between London 1948 and PyeongChang 2018.

Factors associated with pain and osteoarthritis at the hip and knee in Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study (2018)
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Cooper, D., Scammell, B., Batt, M., & Palmer, D. (2018). Factors associated with pain and osteoarthritis at the hip and knee in Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 1101 - 1108. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098315

<jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Knowledge of the epidemiology and potentially modifiable factors associated with musculoskeletal disease is an important first step in injury prevention among elite athletes.</jats:p></jats:sec><ja... Read More about Factors associated with pain and osteoarthritis at the hip and knee in Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study.

PREVENTATIVE RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS IN GREAT BRITAIN'S OLYMPIANS (2017)
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Cooper, D., Palmer-Green, D., Batt, M., & Scammell, B. (2017). PREVENTATIVE RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS IN GREAT BRITAIN'S OLYMPIANS. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 308.2 - 308. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097372.64

Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (2016)
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Cooper, D., Scammell, E., Batt, M., & Palmer-Green, D. (2016). Great Britain's Olympians with generalised joint hypermobility have a higher prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, S218 - S218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.421

The prevalence and factors associated with knee pain in Great Britain's Olympians aged 40 years and older (2016)
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Cooper, D., Scammell, B., Batt, M., & Palmer-Green, D. (2016). The prevalence and factors associated with knee pain in Great Britain's Olympians aged 40 years and older. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, S212 - S213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.413