A knee injury in young adults could put them more at risk for developing arthritis in middle age, according to a recent study. For those who have had broken bones or torn connective tissue, this risk increases.
For two decades, researchers followed almost 150,000 adults aged 25–34, including about 5,200 who had a history of knee injuries. It was found that compared to people who never had knee injuries, those who did had nearly six times the number of incidences of osteoarthritis during the first 11 years of follow-up. The risk then tripled over the next eight years.
