Strength Training Is Associated With Less Knee Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to evaluate the relationship of a history of strength training with symptomatic and structural outcomes of knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

This study was a retrospective, cross-sectional study within the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI), a multicenter prospective longitudinal observational study. Data were collected at four OAI clinical sites: Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, the Ohio State University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Maryland/Johns Hopkins. The study included 2,607 participants with complete data on strength training, knee pain, and radiographic evidence of knee OA (male, 44.2%; mean ± SD age 64.3 ± 9.0 years; mean ± SD body mass index 28.5 ± 4.9 kg/m² ). We used a self-administered questionnaire at the 96

SUBMITTER: Lo GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922276 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature