Exercise as medicine during the course of hip osteoarthritis

Inger Mechlenburg*, Lisa C. U. Reimer, Troels Kjeldsen, Thomas Frydendal, Ulrik Dalgas

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Exercise is now considered medicine in numerous chronic conditions and is essentially without side effects. We hypothesize that exercise is primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention at different stages of hip osteoarthritis (preclinical, mild-moderate, and severe hip osteoarthritis) and after total hip arthroplasty.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-87
Number of pages11
JournalExercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Volume49
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2021
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2021 by the American College of Sports Medicine.

Keywords

  • Exercise
  • Humans
  • Osteoarthritis, Hip
  • pain
  • secondary prevention
  • tertiary prevention
  • hip osteoarthritis
  • function
  • exercise
  • primary

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