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A knee-joint ailment survey was performed recently by questionnaire, physical examination, and X-ray test, on 59 athletes who were members of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works Rugby, baseball, and women's basketball teams, with the following results.1. Of the 59 athletes, those who had experienced the knee-joint pain were 31 (or 53%) in total.2. In terms of frequency, the knee-joint pain was experienced by basketball, by Rugby forwards, by baseball players, and then by Rugby backs in that order, the second indicating a tendency to suffer the severest knee damage.3. The effects of the knee-joint ailment on the athletes' daily lives were found to be relatively minor. Nevertheless, the athlefes' motions in their sports were adversely affected in one way or another.4. Therapies employed to cure the knee-joint ailment include the medication, injection, hot compress, massage, acupuncture, and finger-press treatment, all being used about as frequently.5. Of six patients who had undergone operation, five retired from the active service, from which it can be said that it is extremely difficult for athletes, once operated on, to come back as active players.
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