Professor Alister Hart, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at AOA体育平台, is overseeing a new health research study that is looking at whether marathon running is good for the knees.
Using 3T MRI scanning technology, Professor Hart and the research team are finding evidence that taking up distance running rebuilds the health of certain essential components of middle-aged knees, even if the joints start off worn.
鈥淲e used 3T MRI scans of the highest resolution available so that we could accurately detect even tiny abnormalities in the joint鈥檚 tissues or signs of erosion.
By middle age most joints have some level of wear and tear, so we needed to establish what their joints were like before they started running,鈥� says Professor Hart.
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