Main health impairment in the middle-aged former athletes
https://doi.org/10.47529/2223-2524.2021.3.10
Abstract
Objective: to obtain the main reasons for seeking medical assistance in the cohort of former athletes.
Materials and methods: health records of 116 former athletes (65 males and 51 females), including 30 high qualification sportsmen were examined during 2006–2020. Mean age (M ± m) was 53.9 ± 1.8 in males and 53.9 ± 1.9 years in females. 52.4 % of males and 54.9 % of females had health records in the Center of clinical diagnostics.
Results: cardiovascular pathology and musculoskeletal conditions (neck or back pain or osteoarthritis of the knee or hip) were randomly distributed among males (43.1 and 44.7 % of cases), while there was significant predominance of musculoskeletal conditions in females (62.7 %) than cardiovascular diseases (39.2 %). Gastrointestinal pathology was seen in 18.5 and 23.5 % of cases. Polymorbidity was detected in 50 % of males and in 58.6 % of females.
Conclusions: age and gender differences in occurrence of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal conditions give the opportunity to realize the preventive strategy in former athletes.
About the Author
A. S. Balko
Medical Institute of Tula State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksandr Balko, M.D., Postgraduate Student of the Department of Internal Diseases Propedeutics
12, M. Gorkogo str., Tula, 300044
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Balko A.S. Main health impairment in the middle-aged former athletes. Sports medicine: research and practice. 2021;11(3):73-78. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47529/2223-2524.2021.3.10
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