Knee OA: Trauma & Exercise

Can Exercise Prevent Knee Osteoarthritis?

This Medical News article discusses whether sedentary lifestyles contribute to this increasingly prevalent degenerative joint disease.
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Effects of Running and Walking on Osteoarthritis and Hip Replacement Risk

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Running and other strenuous sports activities are purported to increase osteoarthritis (OA) risk, more so than walking and less-strenuous activities. Analyses were…
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Running is associated with reduced risk for Osteoarthritis and the need for hip replacement.


How to prevent secondary post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis

LAS VEGAS – Effective strategies for preventing posttraumatic knee osteoarthritis go underutilized.
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1) Avoid re-injury.
2) Optimise BMI: lose excess weight.
3) Correct quadriceps weakness with a 5-week muscular strengthening programme before considering surgical repair.
4) Pass fitness to “return-to-sports” test before resumption of full activities.
5) Surgical repair of isolated traumatic ACL tears may lessen risk of developing secondary knee OA compared to non-surgical management.


Exercise tops NSAIDs for knee osteoarthritis

LAS VEGAS – Greater symptom relief observed at 12-month follow-up in randomized, controlled trial.
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“The exercise program entailed two hour-long, physical therapist-supervised sessions per week, which included functional, proprioceptive, strength, and endurance exercises of three or four progressive degrees of difficulty.”