Portuguese Fit & Strong! for Older Adults With Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Osteoarthritis focused on measuring Physical Activity, Health Education, Fit & Strong!
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- age 50 years or older,
- lower extremity OA diagnosed according to the clinical criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) [14,15], and
- doctor's authorization to participate.
Exclusion Criteria:
- no recent (<6 months) joint replacements,
- no steroid injections in the last 3 months,
- no moderate to severe cognitive impairment,
- no rheumatoid arthritis,
- no diabetes mellitus and/or uncontrolled hypertension,
- no other health condition for which multicomponent physical exercise is not recommended.
Sites / Locations
- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Fit & Strong! group
Control group
The experimental group (23 participants) was enrolled in the intervention, the Fit & Strong! program. The program consists in 24 sessions each divided in two parts. The first part is the exercise component (60 minutes) and the second is the educational component (30 minutes). The program was provided in two classes, the first class took place from October to December 2017 and the second class took place from October to November 2018. The experimental group was enrolled in the intervention (8 weeks).
To participants in the control group (8 participants) were offered the possibility of enrolling in the program the following year after posttest measurement for both the intervention and control groups was complete.