title: The exercise experience in adults with arthritis: a qualitative approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine perceptions of exercise prior to arthritis, the ways in which arthritis affects exercise behavior, and current exercise behaviors in people with arthritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative analyses were used to identify themes in 12 focus groups segmented by exercise status, education, and race.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Non exercisers identified arthritis as a factor in exercise cessation. Exercisers described making changes in type, duration, intensity, and approach to exercise after diagnosis. Exercisers also described participating in a wide range of activities, whereas nonexercisers primarily cited walking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intervention and marketing strategies should focus on different capabilities of exercisers and nonexercisers to modify exercise routines to accommodate arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. cderanan@uic.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Der Ananian
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: JoEllen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vrazel
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramsey
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013022:South Carolina