Indwangu yendwangu encibilikayo eyakhiwe ososayensi base-Oxford kulindeleke ukuba ithuthukise imiphumela yokuhlinzwa kwezicubu nemisipha, kubika i-BBC News.
Indwangu ehlanganiswe nezicubu ezithambile ezisebenzayo ingumsebenzi wethimba eliholwa ngu-prof. Andrew Carr wase-University of Oxford. Izohlolwa ezigulini ezilimele ehlombe.
Unyaka ngamunye eNgilandi naseWales, cishe ukuhlinzwa kwehlombe kwe-10000 kwenziwa emathanjeni axhuma imisipha namathambo. Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, inani labo liye landa ngo-500%, kodwa yonke imisebenzi yesine ihluleka - i-tendon iphuka. Lokhu kuvame kakhulu ezigulini ezineminyaka engaphezu kuka-40 noma engu-50 ubudala.
Ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuqhekeka, ososayensi base-Oxford banquma ukumboza indawo eqhutshwayo ngendwangu. Olunye uhlangothi lwendwangu etshaliwe lwenziwe ngemicu eqinile ukumelana nokucindezeleka okuhambisana nokunyakaza kwezitho, olunye lwenziwe ngemicu emincane izikhathi ezingamakhulu kunezinwele. Lokhu kuvuselela izinqubo zokulungisa. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, ukufakelwa kufanele kuhlakazeke ukuze kungabangeli izinkinga zesikhathi eside.
Ukufakelwa kwathuthukiswa ngenxa yokuhlanganiswa kobuchwepheshe besimanje kanye nendabuko - imicu eyenziwe ngokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bokuphayona yayilukwe kuma-loom amancane, asebenza ngesandla.
Ababhali bendlela bathemba ukuthi izophinde isetshenziswe kubantu abanesifo samathambo (ukuvuselelwa kwe-cartilage), i-hernias, ukulimala kwesinye kanye nokukhubazeka kwenhliziyo. (PAP)