One-year followup of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who participated in a program of supervised fitness walking and supportive patient education.
Arthritis Care Res
; 11(4): 228-33, 1998 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-9791321
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether gains in functioning observed immediately following participation in an 8-week program of supervised fitness walking for patients with knee osteoarthritis were sustained at 1-year followup.METHODS:
Twenty-nine (61.1%) of 47 original intervention program patients and 23 (51.1%) of 45 original control patients were interviewed by telephone at 1-year followup. Patients completed the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales physical activity, arthritis impact, pain, medication use, and general health perceptions subscales, as well as a separate visual analog pain scale and measures of perceived self-efficacy to cope with arthritis pain and other symptoms.RESULTS:
Adherence to walking was low, and there were no statistically significant differences between intervention and control patients at one year.CONCLUSIONS:
The failure of intervention patients to maintain regular walking resulted in loss of functional benefits that were observed at 8 weeks in the original study. Long-term adherence to walking is critical to maintenance of initial gains in functional outcomes.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aptidão Física
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Educação de Pacientes como Assunto
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Caminhada
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Osteoartrite do Joelho
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Terapia por Exercício
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article