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The effect of aquatic exercise on symptoms, function, body composition and cartilage in knee osteoarthritis
2016
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease associated with pain and loss of functional capacity. The management of knee OA is multifaceted and covers the whole OA continuum from injury prevention to the end stage of the disease. Recently, specific focus has been on preventing the progression of cartilage degeneration and avoiding loss of function in the early phase of the disease via the provision of exercise interventions. Aquatic exercise is a popular but under-researched exercise option. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the role of aquatic exercise in the management of knee OA, focusing especially the effect it evokes on both functional capaci…
Exercise for bone and cartilage in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis
2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of high-impact exercise on bone mineral mass and strength, and on knee cartilage composition in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis (OA). In addition, the association between knee OA and femoral neck bone structural characteristics in women with mild knee radiographic OA and those without radiographic knee OA was studied. Also, the reproducibility of measuring human knee joint cartilage by the delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI (dGEMRIC) technique was determined in healthy asymptomatic subjects. Data from a 12-month randomized controlled trial (RCT) was used to assess the effects of exercise on bones and cartilages. The tr…
Tärähdyksiä sisältävän harjoittelun vaikutus polvinivelrustoon ja toimintakykyyn lievää polvinivelrikkoa sairastavilla 50-65 -vuotiailla naisilla : s…
2016
Nivelrikko on etenkin ikääntyneeseen väestöön kohdistuva kipuja ja toiminnallisia rajoituksia aiheuttava nivelsairaus. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää liikunnan vaikutuksia polvinivelruston laatuun ja seurata mahdollisia rustomuutoksia 12 kuukauden kuluttua harjoittelun lopettamisesta lievää polvinivelrikkoa sairastavilla 50-65 –vuotiailla naisilla. Lisäksi tarkoituksena oli tutkia harjoittelun vaikutuksia fyysiseen toimintakykyyn ja polven oireisiin sekä arvioida vaikutusten pysyvyyttä intervention jälkeen. Tutkimukseen osallistui 61 vapaaehtoista naista, joilla oli lievä radiologinen polven nivelrikko. He kaikki osallistuivat 12 kuukauden interventiojaksoon ja sitä seuranneeseen 1…
Exercise as stimulus for cartilage health in knee osteoarthritis
2018
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of musculoskeletal pain and disability and has significant socio-economical costs globally. There is no known cure for OA. Therapeutic exercise has been shown to evoke acute positive posttreatment effects on pain and function. Even though cartilage degeneration is crucial in OA progression, there is sparse knowledge about exercise effects on osteoarthritic cartilage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of aquatic resistance training on the estimated biochemical composition of tibiofemoral cartilage and the association between leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and tibiofemoral cartilage in postmenopausal women with mild kn…