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Exercise in Patients with Arthritis
Aka: Exercise in Patients with Arthritis, Arthritis and Exercise Guidelines
- See Also
- Exercise
- Lifestyle Guidelines
- Sitting, standing and stair climbing
- Aerobic Exercise Guidelines
- Examples: Walking, water walking, or stationary cycle
- Daily low intensity Exercise with increasing duration
- Start with 10 minutes of Exercise
- Advance in 5 minute increments up to 30 minutes
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Progressive Resistance Training Guidelines
- Start with low repetitions of low weight
- Slowly increase to 12 repetitions 2-3 times weekly
- Pain should guide increase
- Flexibility Training Guidelines
- Pain-free range of motion
- Precautions
- Avoid repetitive, high intensity use of unstable joints
- Adjust Exercise time to least symptoms
- Avoid morning Exercise in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Avoid Exercise during Arthritis flares
- Modify/stop an Exercise that causes adverse effects
- Persistent Fatigue or weakness
- Joint inflammation lasting >1 hour post-Exercise
- References
- Whaley (2006) ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise