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Can Running Cause Osteoarthritis of the Knee?

Can Running Cause Osteoarthritis of the Knee? (0:23)

There are no studies indicating that running causes osteoarthritis of the knee, says HealthMaker Andrew Feldman, MD. However, in this video he explains that if you already have it, running can worsen your symptoms.

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Never being a study to choose that but it can propagate it. In other words if you have it, and you run, and I don't mean just running a mile a day but if you're a runner, there is an increase risk of getting worse arthritis if you have a clean knee, there's never been a study shows that it is the starter of that.