Mindfulness Is Associated With Treatment Response From Nonpharmacologic Exercise Interventions in Knee Osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between baseline mindfulness and response from exercise interventions in knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Design

Cohort study; responder analysis of a clinical trial subset.

Setting

Urban tertiary care academic hospital.

Participants

Participants with symptomatic, radiographic knee OA (N=86; mean age, 60y; 74% female; 48% white).

Interventions

Twelve weeks (twice per week) of Tai Chi or physical therapy exercise.

Main outcome measures

Treatment response was defined using Osteoarthritis Research Society International criteria indicating meaningful improvements in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) pain, WOMAC function, or Patient Global Assessment scores. At baseline, participant

SUBMITTER: Lee AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5660931 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature