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Authors
Macnab, Tara-Mei Povall
Espahbodi, Shima
Hogervorst, Eef
Thanoon, Ahmed
Fernandes, Gwen Sascha
Millar, Bonnie
Duncan, Ashley
Goodwin, Maria
Batt, Mark
Fuller, Colin W.
Fuller, Gordon
Ferguson, Eamonn
Bast, Tobias
Doherty, Michael
Zhang, Weiya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-1460
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Professional Footballers’ Association and Centre for Sport
Versus Arthritis (21595)
Football Association
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Article History
Received: 1 January 2023
Accepted: 23 May 2023
First Online: 8 June 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the East Midlands-Leicester Central Research Ethics Committee (REC Ref: 19/EM/0354). Participants were recruited from the previous study population, in which retired male professional soccer players living throughout the UK and control men from the East Midlands were compared for the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis. Participants who indicated willingness to participate in further studies were sent a questionnaire with a participant information sheet and consent form. A further informed consent was taken from participants who attended the telephone assessment. They were free to withdraw at any stage of the study.
: No personal data of participant will be published from this study.
: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at and declare: no financial relationships with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.
