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THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1979 Injuries may cause arthritis United Press International NEW YORK — Doctors warn that youngsters who repeatedly injure their knees and other body joints in football and other contact sports are prime candidates for arthritis when they get older. “Professional football players, for example, often develop traumatic ar thritis as early as the 20s and 30s but they are adults and know the chances they are taking,” said Dr. Colon Wil son of Emory University Medical School in Atlanta. But he said at an Arthritis Founda tion meeting that the situation is dif ferent with youngsters. Hundreds of thousands play football in their communities, high school and in col lege and Wilson said half to four- fifths will sustain some injuries. Most injuries will be minor but Wilson said many will require proper care and protecting from additional injury if a form of arthritis is to be avoided later. The concern is that injuries dam age the cartilage covering the ends of bones that meet together in joints. This cartilage serves as an elastic cushion and provides lubricated, smooth gliding surfaces for the movement of the joint. Repeated damage to the cartilage leads to degenerative joint disease, otherwise known as osteoarthritis. The cartilage undergoes biochemical changes and breaks down, first caus ing a softening and fraying of the sur face. As the disease progresses, whole sections of cartilage may be Get Ready FOR VALENTINE MASQUERADE PARTY AT 1 /2 PRICE DRINKS .25 RED BEER HELIUM BALLOONS ALL COSTUMES GET 1 FREE DRINK & BEST COS TUMES WINS $25.00 PLUS CHAMPAGNE WED. 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Osteoarthritis is often described as a wear and tear disease. Ordinary aging, without repeated injuries, will cause it and the Arthritis Foun dation says everyone over 60 proba bly has it to some degree. But only a small percentage will have it badly enough to notice it. But repeated injuries accelerate development of the disease. “We would not like to do away with sports,” Wilson said. “The thing we would like to do would be to have the attitude or the understanding of the physician, the parent, coach, the trainer developed so they analyze the play performed in the game to minimize the situation that would produce severe trauma to specific joints that are unprotected.” When a joint injury has occurred, Wilson said special attention should be given to prevent repeated in jury to the joint. Whether an injured joint should be immobilized for a long time is a matter of debate in the medical community. 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