Does regular exercise reduce the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis?
Exercise helps reduce the pain, but it's unclear whether it helps with stiffness. Exercise moderately reduces pain in elderly patients with osteoarthritis and has a small effect on reducing self-reported disability. No studies have evaluated the effect of exercise on stiffness.
Blackham
Jason
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Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Garry
Joseph P
JP
Cummings
Doyle M
DM
Russell
Roger G
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Dealleaume
Lauren
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