Self-directed Exercise Program Shows Benefits in Arthritis

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Self-directed Exercise Program Shows Benefits in Arthritis

A self-directed exercise program can improve the symptoms of arthritis, a new study shows.

After 12 weeks, participants in the First Step to Active Health program showed significant improvements in lower body strength, functional exercise capacity, lower body flexibility, pain, fatigue, stiffness, and arthritis management self-efficacy.


“This program adds a more flexible format to the existing list of evidence-based programs, and it may appeal to subgroups of the arthritis population with less access to community programs,” write Sara Wilcox, PhD, from the Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, and colleagues in a report published in the January 2015 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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