The burden of osteoarthritis in older adults

GA Hawker, LK King - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2022 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a serious disease. The most common form of arthritis, 1 OA typically
affects the hips, knees, hands, feet, and spine, and multijoint involvement is common. 2 OA …

Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

AM Kanavaki, A Rushton, N Efstathiou, A Alrushud… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Physical activity (PA), including engagement in structured exercise, has a key role in the
management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, maintaining a physically active …

Individual characteristics and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review

N Notthoff, P Reisch, D Gerstorf - Gerontology, 2017 - karger.com
Background: People aged 50 years and older are regularly identified as the most sedentary
group in the population. However, even within this group, there are considerable …

Sarcopenia in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: The association with self-reported fatigue, physical function and obesity

L Vlietstra, S Stebbings, K Meredith-Jones, JH Abbott… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Aim To determine if there is an association between sarcopenia, physical function and self-
reported fatigue in osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A cross …

[HTML][HTML] Is inflammatory signaling involved in disease-related muscle wasting? Evidence from osteoarthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and type II …

S Dalle, K Koppo - Experimental gerontology, 2020 - Elsevier
Muscle loss is an important feature that occurs in multiple pathologies including
osteoarthritis (OA), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type II diabetes …

Association between osteoarthritis and social isolation: data from the EPOSA study

P Siviero, N Veronese, T Smith… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an association between osteoarthritis (OA) and
incident social isolation using data from the European Project on OSteoArthritis (EPOSA) …

Fear of movement is not associated with objective and subjective physical activity levels in chronic nonspecific low back pain

FA Carvalho, CG Maher, MR Franco… - Archives of physical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the association of physical activity measures, derived with an
accelerometer and a self-reported questionnaire, with fear of movement in patients with …

The association between psychological characteristics and physical activity levels in people with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis

D Uritani, J Kasza, PK Campbell, B Metcalf… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2020 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between psychological
characteristics and physical activity levels, measured as the average number of steps per …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical osteoarthritis of the hip and knee and fall risk: The role of low physical functioning and pain medication

NM van Schoor, E Dennison, MV Castell… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Several studies have found an increased fall risk in persons with osteoarthritis
(OA). However, most prospective studies did not use a clinical definition of OA. In addition, it …

Are older adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis less active than the general population? Analysis from the Osteoarthritis Initiative and the National Health and …

LM Thoma, D Dunlop, J Song, J Lee… - Arthritis care & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare objectively measured physical activity in older adults with
symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) with similarly aged adults without osteoarthritis (OA) or …