Knee osteoarthritis occurs in an alarming number of young adults who have previously undergone knee surgery. One potential contributing factor to this accelerated development of osteoarthritis is participation in high-impact exercise, such as running, which is often taken up post-surgery as an alternative to contact/twisting sports. This PhD project aims to investigate modifiable factors (e.g., weekly training load or movement patterns) that are associated with knee osteoarthritis outcomes (MRI features and symptoms) in runners who have had knee surgery. The successful candidate will be supervised from leading experts across an international collaboration between La Trobe University and Sheffield Hallam University.
On this week’s episode of the podcast Matt talks with Dr. Jo Kemp. Dr. Kemp is a practicing Sports Physiotherapist and Senior Research Fellow at The La Trobe University Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre.
Listen to PodcastTRAIL researcher and distance runner James Alexander introduces two infographics that have been published with the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Read MoreDr Daniel Bonanno is a senior lecturer within Podiatry at La Trobe University. Daniel discusses the current evidence on foot strike patterns within running.
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