Rose will probably be the first guy to get total knee replacement and try to make a comeback.
Here's an interesting article.
Patients who get a total knee replacement are usually advised to avoid high-impact sports to preserve their new body part. But a new study suggests sport participation is not only safe — it may even help people gain better knee function.
”Initially, we though high-impact sports were terrible for the prosthesis,” said Dr. Sebastien Parratte, a research collaborator at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and an assistant professor at the Aix-Marseille University Center for Arthritis Surgery at Hospital Sainte-Marguerite in Marseille, France.
“Our eight-year results have shown it is not the case,” he said....
http://news.health.com/2010/03/12/high-impact-sports-might-not-harm-knee-replacements-2/
Here's an interesting article.
Patients who get a total knee replacement are usually advised to avoid high-impact sports to preserve their new body part. But a new study suggests sport participation is not only safe — it may even help people gain better knee function.
”Initially, we though high-impact sports were terrible for the prosthesis,” said Dr. Sebastien Parratte, a research collaborator at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and an assistant professor at the Aix-Marseille University Center for Arthritis Surgery at Hospital Sainte-Marguerite in Marseille, France.
“Our eight-year results have shown it is not the case,” he said....
http://news.health.com/2010/03/12/high-impact-sports-might-not-harm-knee-replacements-2/