Regular Walking Reduces Symptoms and Early Onset of Osteoarthritis(OA) in Population of 50Plus

Regular physical activity has long been found to associate to the prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases, but the regular walking contribution of health benefits of reduced risk of osteoarthritis in the younger and older elderly have been controversial.

Osteoarthritis (OA), a form of arthritis, is a condition or as a result of aging causes of wear and tear on a joint, affecting over 25 million people in the United States in alone. University of Porto Medical School indicated that one must understand the differences in prevalence and incidence estimates of osteoarthritis (OA), according to case definition, in the knee, hip and hand joints.

The characteristics of osteoarthritis are aching pain, stiffness, or difficulty of moving the joint or joints. The pain usually gets worse in a change of weather, at night and in the advanced diseases, the pain can occur even at rest(8). Today management of osteoarthritis (OA) focuses on pain relief and improved physical function through pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and surgical treatments(10).

Moderate physical activity and walking programs had a positive effect on the quality of life of elderly individuals with knee OA, a new study suggested(5), through reduction of pain and improvement of physical function(6).

According to Dr. Evcik D and Dr. Sonel B., simple home-based exercise therapy and a regular walking program are effective in treating the symptoms of OA(7).

In older other with the preexisted condition of hip/knee OA, PA may reduce the risk of hip/knee OA, especially among women with no association between hip/knee OA and low joint stress(1).

In support to the effectiveness of physical exercise without increasing the risk of hip/knee OA and joint stress, Dr. Hootman JM and colleagues at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, said, "The joint stress PA score was not associated with an increased risk of hip/knee OA. Also, among walkers and runners, there was no association between the frequency, pace, or weekly training mileage and hip/knee OA"(2).


In fact, the 4316 people originally interviewed, 216 eligible cases (66 men, 150 women) were identified (mean age 57.1) insisted, there was little evidence to suggest that increased levels of regular physical activity throughout life lead to an increased risk of knee OA later in life(3) with exception to those of overweight(4).

Indeed, regular walking at one own pace is associated with a reduced risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA)(8). Exercise and sport may probably be also a preventive tool against osteoarthritis, due to its positive effect on weight, muscle strength and possibly synovial inflammation(9).

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References
(1) The association between joint stress from physical activity and self-reported osteoarthritis: an analysis of the Cooper Clinic data by Rogers LQ1, Macera CA, Hootman JM, Ainsworth BE, Blairi SN.(PubMed)
(2) Influence of physical activity-related joint stress on the risk of self-reported hip/kneeosteoarthritis: a new method to quantify physical activity by Hootman JM1, Macera CA, Helmick CG, Blair SN.(PubMed)
(3) A case-control study to investigate the relation between low and moderate levels of physical activity and osteoarthritis of the knee using data collected as part of the Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey by Sutton AJ1, Muir KR, Mockett S, Fentem P.(PubMed)
(4) A case-control study to investigate the relation between low and moderate levels of physical activity and osteoarthritis of the knee using data collected as part of the Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey by Sutton AJ1, Muir KR, Mockett S, Fentem P.(PubMed)
(5) Impact of an exercise and walking protocol on quality of life for elderly people with OA of the knee by Dias RC1, Dias JM, Ramos LR.(PubMed)
(6) Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee by Fransen M1, McConnell S, Harmer AR, Van der Esch M, Simic M, Bennell KL.(PubMed)
(7) Effectiveness of a home-based exercise therapy and walking program on osteoarthritis of the knee by Evcik D1, Sonel B.(PubMed)
(8) Exercise and osteoarthritis by David J Hunter1,2 and Felix Eckstein3,4(PMC)
(9) [Exercise--sports and osteoarthritis].[Article in French] by Ziltener JL1, Leal S, Borloz S.(PubMed)
(10) Most Common diseases of elder: The Clinical Trials and Studies of Osteoarthritis Back by Respectable Institutions by Kyle J. Norton