“The key to a successful exercise program is variety. Completing a balance of aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and flexibility ...

Toomey, an associate professor at the School of Allied Health at the University of Limerick in Ireland, told Fit&Well: “International guidelines all recommend that exercise is the first line of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Evidence showing the positive impact of physical activity on fatigue in symptomatic osteoarthritis is ...

The stiffness and pain of osteoarthritis of the hands usually occur later in life. The hand joints most often affected are where the thumb and wrist joint, the joint closest to the fingertip, and the ...

Osteoarthritis, a condition that affects the joints, is growing increasingly common. Although exercise is a useful lifestyle intervention to ease pain, experts are unsure of the best type of exercise ...

About 374 patients (mean age, 63.6 years; 80.7% women) in Norway with hand OA were randomly assigned to care by occupational therapists (n = 188) or rheumatologists (n = 186) between September 2017 ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation demonstrates safety and potential benefits in patients with erosive hand ...

For patients with knee osteoarthritis, aerobic activities such as walking, cycling or swimming are likely to be the best exercise for improving pain and quality of life, finds a study published by The ...

A new study has found that methotrexate, a widely available and affordable drug that’s usually prescribed as a first-line treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, is effective at reducing the pain and ...