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Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health

Marquette University · with National Institutes of Health (NIH) · NCT05344001

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Key facts

Compensation
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Who can join
Ages 18–64 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
450
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 18, 2022
Record last updated
February 25, 2026

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What the study is about

Competitive sport increases risk for musculoskeletal injury (e.g., traumatic knee injury) and may position former athletes for early onset of chronic diseases, chronic pain, poor health-related quality of life, and disability. Quantifying function in former athletes with and without a prior injury and non-athlete controls is critical to understanding long-term health trajectories in athletes and informing potential interventional studies. One modifiable factor that may be associated with long-term health in athletes is physical activity patterns. The purpose of this study is to evaluate strength, function, physical activity, dietary patterns, and cardiometabolic health among current and former competitive athletes and in nonathlete controls to evaluate the impact of prior knee injury and sedentary behavior as two potential determinants of later poor health and reduced function.

Conditions: Aging; Athletic Injuries; Physical Inactivity; Knee Injuries and Disorders

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18-25 years OR age 40-64 years
  • Current or former collegiate varsity athlete OR non-athlete control

Exclusion Criteria

  • Neurologic (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's) and/or degenerative disease that impairs function
  • Pregnancy
  • Lower extremity joint replacement (e.g., hip or knee replacement)

Recruiting US locations

  • Marquette University

    Milwaukee, WI 53233

    Site contact: Jacob J. Capin, PhD, DPT, MS · 4142887865 · jacob.capin@marquette.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Jacob J. Capin, DPT, PhD, MS · 414-288-7865 · jacob.capin@marquette.edu
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