Preferences for Disease‐Related Education and Support Among Younger People With Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis

Investigating well-being, work limitations and preferences for self-management education and peer support among younger people with hip and knee osteoarthritis: protocol for a cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION Osteoarthritis (OA) has traditionally been considered a condition of older age. However, younger people are also affected by hip and knee OA, often as a result of sporting and work-related injuries. As OA studies have generally focused on older individuals, little is known about the experience of younger adults with hip or knee OA who can face a distinct set of pressures including ...

Physical activity considerations among people with knee and hip osteoarthritis

Physical activity is widely recognized as an important aspect of optimal health and wellbeing. People who live active lifestyles have a lower risk of mortality and morbidity than persons who are sedentary [1,2,101]. Being physically active decreases one’s risk of mortality by approximately 30% compared with inactive individuals [101]. Physical activity can range from lowimpact activities such a...

Exercise for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis: a comparison of land-based and aquatic interventions

Expert opinion considers the referral of people with osteoarthritis (OA) for physiotherapy to be a core component of managing the functional disability and pain of the disease. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of people with OA focus on three main areas: exercise, pain relief, and specific manual therapy techniques. Land-based group and individual physiotherapy exercise prog...

Treatment Preferences in Patients with Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: An Overview

Surgery for knee osteoarthritis in younger patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In Sweden, surgery for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in patients younger than 55 years of age has doubled during the last 10 years. We evaluated the use of 3 surgical alternatives: high tibial osteotomy (HTO), unicompartmental arthroplasty (UKA), and total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We also examined the outcome, expressed by rate of revision. METHODS The numbers of all procedu...