Runners with osteoarthritis should not be routinely discouraged from high-impact exercise, a study suggests.<\/p>\n
Researchers from the University of Essex analysed data from 17,661 patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis.<\/p>\n
It found patients who did high-impact activities like running or tennis were 36% to 48% less likely to need a total hip replacement over the course of 12 months. These patients were no more likely to need knee replacements, they said.<\/p>\n
The authors claimed the findings “challenge the assumption that high-impact activity is inherently harmful in osteoarthritis”.<\/p>\n
Dr Bernard Liew, who led the study, cautioned that this was not a cue for arthritis patients to “suddenly start running”, but more that they would not necessarily have to stop.<\/p>\n
He recommended that they should “manage and adapt” around their symptoms and flare-ups, introducing short breaks when needed.<\/p>\n
“There is a widespread perception that people with hip or knee osteoarthritis should automatically switch to low-impact exercise, such as walking or swimming,” said Liew.<\/p>\n
“Our findings challenge that assumption.<\/p>\n
“Stopping all high-impact exercise as a blanket recommendation could mean people lose the physical, mental and social benefits they get from being active.”<\/p>\n
Participants were sourced from Denmark who self-reported their physical activity.<\/p>\n
Researchers separated activities into low-intensity, moderate-intensity, high-intensity, and high-impact categories.<\/p>\n
High-impact activities included jogging, tennis, skiing, acrobatics, ballet, heavy labour and backpacking.<\/p>\n
Liew has a PhD in physiotherapy and works in the school of sport, rehabilitation and exercise sciences at the university.<\/p>\n
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