Conclusion Exercises and PA promotion according to public health recommendations  for PA improved cardiovascular fitness , muscle strength and PA behaviour , with moderate effect sizes in people with SpA , RA and HOA/KOA .
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of exercise and physical activity ( PA ) promotion on cardiovascular fitness , muscle strength , flexibility , neuromotor performance ( eg , balance ) and daily PA in people with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) , spondyloarthritis ( SpA ) and hip/knee osteoarthritis ( HOA/KOA ) .
A pragmatic randomized controlled study of the effectiveness and cost consequences of exercise therapy in hip osteoarthritis
Objective : To evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness of exercise training in relation to pain , function and direct costs to health care systems attributable to hip osteoarthritis . Design : Prospect i ve , two-year r and omized controlled trial . Setting : An outpatient primary health care setting . Subjects : One hundred and twenty men and women aged from 55 to 80 , with radiologically diagnosed hip osteoarthritis with associated clinical symptoms . Interventions : The combined exercise and general practitioner ( GP ) care group received 12 supervised ( once per week ) exercise sessions at the baseline and four additional booster sessions one year later . Both groups received st and ard GP care . Main measures : The WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index , physical functioning score of R AND -36 ( SF-36 ) , the use and health care system costs of doctor visits and physiotherapy associated with hip osteoarthritis , number of total hip replacements , the use of analgesic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) , performance-based outcome scores and body mass index ( BMI ) . Results : There were no differences between the groups with respect to WOMAC hip pain , physical functioning score of R AND -36 , performance-based outcome scores or BMI . The effect of the exercise intervention  on WOMAC function was statistically significant at 6 months ( mean = −7.5 ; 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) −13.9 to −1.0 ; P = 0.02 ) and 18 months ( mean = −7.9 ; 95 % CI −15.3 to −0.4 ; P = 0.04 ) . There were no statistically significant differences in the total health care system costs between the groups . Conclusion : The mostly home-based exercise training programme provided in this study did not result in reduced hip pain over the two-year follow-up period
Conclusion Exercises and PA promotion according to public health recommendations  for PA improved cardiovascular fitness , muscle strength and PA behaviour , with moderate effect sizes in people with SpA , RA and HOA/KOA .
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of exercise and physical activity ( PA ) promotion on cardiovascular fitness , muscle strength , flexibility , neuromotor performance ( eg , balance ) and daily PA in people with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) , spondyloarthritis ( SpA ) and hip/knee osteoarthritis ( HOA/KOA ) .