Osteoarthritis, a condition that affects the joints, is growing increasingly common. Although exercise is a useful lifestyle intervention to ease pain, experts are unsure of the best type of exercise ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Comparator interventions impact the measured effect of resistance exercise on OA pain and function. Lower ...

In a meta-analysis published in The British Medical Journal, the researchers analyzed 217 randomized controlled trials involving 15,684 participants. They compared the following: At four weeks, 12 ...

For patients with knee osteoarthritis, aerobic activities such as walking, cycling, or swimming are likely to be the best exercise for improving pain, function, gait performance, and quality of life, ...

Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD, MPH, is a rheumatologist at Hartford Healthcare Medical Group in Connecticut. She is board-certified in both rheumatology and internal medicine. Osteoarthritis is a ...

“The key to a successful exercise program is variety. Completing a balance of aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and flexibility exercises, along with keeping a healthy weight, will provide the base for ...

People with knee osteoarthritis and symptoms for less than 1 year benefit more from exercise therapy than those with longer symptom duration, especially when long-term outcomes are considered.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Yoga may be as effective as strengthening exercises for knee osteoarthritis. Yoga was linked with improvements ...

Yoga is as effective for addressing knee pain due to osteoarthritis as muscle-strengthening exercises, according to a new study. The new randomized clinical trial has also found that yoga may improve ...

For people who suffer from chronic knee pain, aerobic exercises such as walking, cycling and swimming could be the best for relieving pain and boosting quality of life, new research has suggested.

Knee soreness affects 25% of adults and up to 60% of older age groups. It’s painful and prevalent, but there is an exercise that might be able to keep it at bay: cycling. “Of all the sports I ...

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that occurs when the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones breaks down over time. Symptoms include pain, swelling, stiffness, and decreased joint ...