Journal article
Walking to Meet Physical Activity Guidelines in Knee Osteoarthritis: Is 10,000 Steps Enough?
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Vol.94(4), pp.711-717
04/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.038
PMCID: PMC3608824
PMID: 23228625
Abstract
To study if step goals (eg, walking 10,000 steps a day) approximate meeting the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Cross-sectional observational cohort.
Community.
People with or at high risk of knee OA (N=1788).
None.
Objective physical activity data were collected over 7 consecutive days from people with or at high risk of knee OA participating in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. Using activity monitor data, we determined the proportion that (1) walked ≥10,000 steps per day, (2) met the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines, and (3) achieved both recommendations.
Of the subjects studied (mean age ± SD, 67±8y; mean body mass index ± SD, 31±6kg/m2; 60% women), 16.7% of men and 12.6% of women walked ≥10,000 steps per day, while 6% of men and 5% of women met the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Of those walking ≥10,000 steps per day, 16.7% and 26.7% of men and women, respectively, also met the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines.
Among this sample of older adults with or at high risk of knee OA, walking ≥10,000 steps a day did not translate into meeting public health guidelines. These findings highlight the disparity between the number of steps believed to be needed per day and the recommended time-intensity guidelines to achieve positive health benefits.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Walking to Meet Physical Activity Guidelines in Knee Osteoarthritis: Is 10,000 Steps Enough?
- Creators
- Daniel K White - College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MACatrine Tudor-Locke - Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LADavid T Felson - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MAK Doug Gross - MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsJingbo Niu - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MAMichael Nevitt - University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CACora E Lewis - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ALJames Torner - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IATuhina Neogi - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Vol.94(4), pp.711-717
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.038
- PMID
- 23228625
- PMCID
- PMC3608824
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Phys Med Rehabil
- ISSN
- 0003-9993
- eISSN
- 1532-821X
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Grant note
- NIH AG18820; NIAMS K23AR055127; R24HD0065688 / Boston University Foundation for Physical Therapy AG 19069 / University of California San Francisco AG 18832 / University of Iowa P30-AG031679 / Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center AG 18947 / University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2013
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9983995146102771
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