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AAOS: Risk Factors Examined for Hip/Knee Osteoarthritis Among Runners

Risk factors include history of hip/knee injuries or surgery, advancing age, family history, BMI; not years of running, weekly mileage

Clinically relevant aortic dilatation is common among aging endurance athletes

Long-Term Endurance Exercise Tied to Aortic Enlargement

One in five masters-level athletes show aortic dilatation, with higher rates seen among men
Training for and completing a first marathon is associated with reduced central blood pressure and aortic stiffness

Training for, Running First Marathon May Reduce Aortic Age

Reductions in central blood pressure, aortic stiffness seen in first-time marathon completers
Running participation is associated with a significantly lower risk for all-cause

Running Participation Linked to Reduced Risk for Mortality

Based on data from 232,149 participants, significant reductions seen in all-cause, CV, cancer mortality
Running a marathon can increase cardiac strain in amateur runners

Marathon Runners Show Markers of Cardiac Strain

Amateur marathoners had highest troponin I and T versus half-marathon and 10-km racers
In the presence of complete deep core muscle weakness

Core Muscle Weakness Increases Spinal Loading, Back Injuries

Deep core muscle weakness linked to increase in peak anterior shear loading on all lumbar vertebrae
Compression tights are not effective in reducing fatigue in runners

ACSM: Compression Tights Don’t Improve Performance for Runners

While they kept muscles from vibrating, fatigue still set in, researchers found
Marathon runners can develop acute kidney injury and diagnostic indicators of tubular injury

Marathon Runners Show Signs of Short-Term Kidney Injury

Injury and repair biomarker levels suggest structural damage to renal tubules
Running might actually reduce inflammation in knee joints

Running May Actually Lower Inflammation in Knee Joints

Researchers suggest running might slow development of osteoarthritis
Runners over age 65 could burn oxygen at nearly the same rate as much younger runners

Senior Runners Expend Similar Energy As Younger Runners

Rate of oxygen consumption differs little between active seniors and younger runners