Knee Pain and Self-Directed Exercise Program
Web-based program improves arthritis-related knee pain.
A self-directed, web-based strength training program improved knee pain and function after 24 weeks for people with knee arthritis. The regimen, which included instructions supported by automated text messages, was the brainchild of Australian researchers from the University of Melbourne. They compared participants’ progress in the unsupervised, free digital training program with text support with the progress of those who simply received access to web-based information on osteoarthritis and the importance of exercise and physical activity.
Study findings are available in JAMA Internal Medicine (2021; 181 [6], 776–85).
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Shirley Eichenberger-Archer, JD, MA
Shirley Eichenberger-Archer, JD, MA, is an internationally acknowledged integrative health and mindfulness specialist, best-selling author of 16 fitness and wellness books translated into multiple languages and sold worldwide, award-winning health journalist, contributing editor to Fitness Journal, media spokesperson, and IDEA's 2008 Fitness Instructor of the Year. She's a 25-year industry veteran and former health and fitness educator at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, who has served on multiple industry committees and co-authored trade books and manuals for ACE, ACSM and YMCA of the USA. She has appeared on TV worldwide and was a featured trainer on America's Next Top Model.
