Self-Management of Hip Osteoarthritis Five Years After a Cycling and Education Treatment Pathway.

ABSTRACT: The Cycling against Hip Pain (CHAIN) programme is a six-week cycling and education treatment pathway for people with hip osteoarthritis. Preliminary results demonstrated significant improvements in clinical and patient-reported outcome measures following the course. Whilst the benefits of exercise for osteoarthritis are often reported in the short term, less is known about the long-term effects for this patient group. This study explores whether participants continued to self-manage their hip osteoarthritis five years after completing the course. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect data from participants who completed the CHAIN programme between October 2013 and February 2015 (n = 96). Questionnaires were sent by post in April 2019, and then non-responders were followed up ag

SUBMITTER: Wainwright TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7151257 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature