Effects of increasing walking cadence on gait biomechanics in adults with knee osteoarthritis.

Gait retraining is a strategy to manage altered loading patterns and pain characteristic of knee osteoarthritis. Lower walking cadence is associated with higher knee joint loading, vertical ground reaction forces, and risk for cartilage worsening. Therefore, we determined the acute effects of increasing walking cadence on measures of lower extremity loading and knee pain in knee osteoarthritis.

Association of tibial acceleration during walking to pain and impact loading in adults with knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Higher impact loading during walking is implicated in the pathogenesis of knee osteoarthritis. Accelerometry enables the measurement of peak tibial acceleration outside the laboratory. We characterized the relations of peak tibial acceleration to knee pain and impact loading during walking in adults with knee osteoarthritis.

Reporting of Adverse Events in Randomized Controlled Trials of Therapeutic Exercise for Hip Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe adverse events (AEs) and dropouts (DOs) in randomized controlled trials of therapeutic exercise for hip osteoarthritis (HOA) and to identify whether Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines were followed.

Methods: The Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, and CINAHL databases were searched. Randomized controlled trials of therapeutic exercise for HOA published in English from January 1, 1980 to August 1, 2020 were included.

The quality of intervention reporting in trials of therapeutic exercise for hip osteoarthritis: a secondary analysis of a systematic review.

Background: Therapeutic exercise is recommended as a core treatment for hip osteoarthritis (HOA). Whilst it is widely accepted that exercise can improve pain and disability, optimal type and dose of exercise are yet to be agreed upon. This may, in part, be attributed to the wide variation and inadequate reporting of interventions within the literature.

Reducing knee pain and loading with a gait retraining program for individuals with knee osteoarthritis: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial.

Objective: This study aims to 1) determine the feasibility of conducting a full-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the efficacy of a gait retraining program on decreasing knee pain and impact loading in people with knee osteoarthritis, and 2) provide an estimate of treatment effects for a gait retraining program compared to a traditional walking program.

Methods: Forty individuals with knee osteoarthritis will be enrolled in this randomized, double-blind, feasibility trial with two parallel groups. Participants will be randomly allocated to a gait retraining program aimed to decrease peak axial acceleration of the lower leg (i.

Yoga, as a transitional platform to more active lifestyle: a 6-month pilot study in the USA.

A 6-month pilot study explored the effects of a yoga program on the physical activity (PA) level of overweight or obese sedentary adults. Fourteen community-dwelling overweight or obese sedentary adults participated in a 6-month program (2-month yoga program and 4-month follow-up) delivered by two types of instruction [the direct guidance of an instructor (face-to-face group) vs. the self-learning method of using a DVD (DVD group)].

Body mass index self-perception and weight management behaviors during late adolescence.

Background: This study examined the relationship between actual body weight and self-perceived weight, and how perception of one's weight affects weight management behaviors among US adolescents.

Methods: Adolescents ages 16-19 years with objectively-measured weight and height and self-reported perception of weight, weight-loss efforts, and health-related behaviors (N = 642) from the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) were included. Sociodemographic variables, body mass index percentile, weight perception, weight-loss efforts, and health-related behaviors were examined using Wald chi-square, Student's t test, analysis of variance, and logistic regression.