Prospective change in daily walking over 2 years in older adults with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis: the MOST study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Radiographic disease and knee pain are thought to decrease physical activity in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), but this has not been formally studied. We examined change in objectively measured daily walking over 2 years and evaluated the association of certain risk factors with reduced walking among adults with or at risk of knee OA.

Design

Steps/day over 7 days were collected at baseline and 2 years later in subjects with or at risk of knee OA from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study using a StepWatch. We evaluated the presence of radiographic knee osteoarthritis (ROA), knee pain, worsening of ROA and pain over 2 years, obesity, depressive symptoms, living situation, catastrophizing, fatigue, widespread pain and comorbidities with 2-year change in daily w

SUBMITTER: White DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4724466 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature