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less than 0.05 was considered statistically<br />

significant.<br />

Results:<br />

There were a total of 113 injuries in 23,096 AE for<br />

a total overall injury rate of 4.9/1000 AE (Table 1).<br />

The game injury rate was 13.8/1000 AE (74 injuries<br />

in 259 games) while the practice rate was 2.2/1000<br />

AE (39 injuries in 676 practices) for a risk ratio of<br />

6.3. Therefore game injuries were 6.3 times more<br />

common than practice injuries (p-value 0.05) or height (p>0.05). Fracture athletes<br />

were generally lighter (males, p=0.031 and<br />

females, p=0.001). Athletes in distance events<br />

had more fractures (p=0.001) while other events<br />

had similar rates of fractures (p>0.05).<br />

Conclusions: Lighter weight athletes and distance<br />

event athletes have a higher risk for injury. BMI<br />

was related (males, p=0.014 and females,<br />

p=0.001), however the relationship is probably<br />

more due to weight. Hence, the training regimen<br />

of these athletes should evaluate the risk for<br />

stress fracture, complaints noted, and immediate<br />

examination made upon onset of pain.<br />

E-poster w/ Standard #1109<br />

Does Long Distance Running Cause<br />

Osteoarthritis. A MRI Investigation<br />

Erik Hohmann, Rockhampton, QLD AUSTRALIA,<br />

Presenter<br />

Klaus Woertler, Munich, GERMANY<br />

Andreas B Imhoff, Munich, GERMANY<br />

Department of Orthopaedic Sportsmedicine,<br />

Munich, GERMANY<br />

Long distance running remains a popular sport<br />

worlwide. Despite the obvious positive effects on<br />

cardio-vascular fitness the possible deleterious<br />

effects on the musculoskeletal system especially<br />

on the hyaline cartilage remain controversial. The<br />

repetetive loading could potentially predispose to<br />

the subsequent development of osteoarthritis.<br />

The purpose of this study was to investigate<br />

whether external impact loading in marathon<br />

runners creates internal stresses on bone and<br />

cartilage. Six recreational, two semi-professional<br />

runners and seven beginners underwent magnetic<br />

imaging of the hip and knee before and after a<br />

marathon run using coronal body phased-arrayed<br />

coil and the following pulse sequences: a coronal<br />

T1 weighted spin echo sequence and STIR

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