PodChatLive 230: Reconceptulising the calf muscles, and osteoarthritis prevalence in professional footballers

About this episode

This episode discusses the reconceptualization of calf muscles and the prevalence of osteoarthritis in professional footballers.

PodChatLive 230: Reconceptulising the calf muscles, and osteoarthritis prevalence in professional footballers Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles Prevalence of foot/ankle osteoarthritis and pain in retired male professional footballers compared to general population male controls

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Griffiths, Craig Payne

Topics covered

• calf muscles
• osteoarthritis
• professional footballers
• gastrocnemii
• foot health

Keywords

• calf muscles
• osteoarthritis
• footballers
• gastrocnemii
• foot health
• pain prevalence

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Organizations: PodChatLive

Books & works: Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles, Prevalence of foot/ankle osteoarthritis and pain in retired male professional footballers compared to general population male controls

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