Background: Growing evidences have advocated the potential benefits of traditional
Chinese exercise (TCE) on symptomatic improvement of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) …

Objectives To evaluate 1-year cost-effectiveness of an 8-week supervised education and
exercise programme delivered in primary care to patients with symptomatic knee or hip …

Background Osteoarthritis (OA), the leading cause of disability among adults, has no cure
and is associated with significant comorbidities. The premise of this randomized clinical trial …

Objective Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (SKOA) is a chronic, disabling condition, requiring
long‐term pain management; over 800,000 SKOA patients in the US use opioids on a …

Importance Physical therapy and glucocorticoid injections are initial treatment options for
knee osteoarthritis, but available data indicate that most patients receive one or the other …

Purpose Osteoarthritis (OA) often coexists with risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD),
worsening symptoms and functional impairment. This cross-sectional study investigated the …

Abstract Objective Walk With Ease (WWE) is an effective low-cost walking program. We
estimated the budget impact of implementing WWE in persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA) …

Background Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint disease characterized by pain,
swelling, and limited knee activity. Numerous studies have reported the efficacy and …

There is ample evidence to show that physical activity (PA; defined as “any bodily movement
produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure”) and exercise therapy …

Background: The use of symptomatic slow-acting drugs for osteoarthritis (OA)(eg,
glucosamine, chondroitin) is largely debated in the scientific literature. Indeed, multiple …