Predictors of walking capacity in obese adults with knee osteoarthritis.

CONCLUSION: Despite the importance of lower limb fat mass and strength, pain was the only variable that appeared as a predictor of 6MWT in the three tested models. The existence of knee pain affects the capacity to walk or to perform weight bearing exercises and consequently the exercise's adherence, compromising the objective of body composition improvement. Thus, authors suggest that, additionally to the lower limb strengthening, knee pain should be screened, controlled and acknowledged for exercise prescription. This study is inserted in the PICO Project (Clinical trial: NCT01832545). PMID: 30641533 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: Acta Reumatol Port Source Type: research