Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis

This study aimed to examine the association between objectively measured physical activity and risk of developing incident knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a community-based cohort of middle-age and older adults.MethodsWe used data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, an ongoing prospective cohort study of adults 45 to 83 yr of age at initial enrollment with elevated risk of symptomatic knee OA. Moderate–vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was measured by a uniaxial accelerometer for seven continuous days in two data collection cycles and was categorized as inactive (
Source: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research