What this means
This study will compare strength, movement, activity, diet, and heart health in former athletes and non-athletes. It is not finished, so it cannot yet show whether injury or sitting affects later health.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 18–64
- Where
- 1 site, including Wisconsin
The science
- Registered title
- Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health
- Trial ID
- NCT05344001 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- observational
- Conditions
- Aging, Athletic Injuries, Physical Inactivity, Knee Injuries and Disorders
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
- Ages
- 18 Years to 64 Years
- Dates
- First posted Apr 25, 2022 · updated Feb 25, 2026
Registry summary
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.
Sites (1)
- Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States