Arthritis and Exercise
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Additionally, lecturing staff is not permitted to preliminary grade papers prior to submission. All communication should be made directly to the WRIGHT Foundation Office and any requests to review students' work will be declined.
Task - Complete the On-Line Course
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On Course Student Powerpoint Notes and Summary Guides
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Session 1 - Exercise and Arthritis Introduction > Link
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Session 2 - Synovial Joints > Link
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Session 3 - Types of Body Movements > Link
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Session 4 - The Ageing Process > Link
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Session 5 - Clinical Considerations and Pathophysiology Arthritis > Link
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Glossary of Exercise Terms > Link
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Table Effects of Aging on Various Physiological and Heath-Related Variables > Link
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Day 2 Resources
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Session 1 - Exercise and Arthritis Treatments and Interventions > Link
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Session 2 - Exercise Prescription Guidelines > Link
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Pharmacology Treatments for Osteoarthritis > Link
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Exercise Testing in Individuals with Arthritis > Link
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The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (Ritters et al., 2006) > Link
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Day 2/3 Exercise Resources
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Session 1 - Arthritis and Exercise Program Design > Link
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ACSM (2020) FITT Recommendations for Individuals with Arthritis > Link ​
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The WRIGHT Foundation Exercise Prescription Frameworks OA and RA > Link
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Site-Specific Recommendations for Exercise Programs in Arthritis Individuals > Link
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Exercise Training Considerations > Link
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Arthritis Stages, General Signs and Symptoms, and Exercise Considerations > Link
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ACSM (Info Sheet) Exercising with Rheumatoid Arthritis > Link
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Task - Complete the Assessment 1 -3 Workbooks
Academic and Additional Resources
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American College of Rheumatology: > Link
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Arthritis Foundation: http://www.arthritis.org. Individuals can click on “Your Local Area” to locate appropriate walking, group exercise, and aquatic classes in their community.
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Exercise is Medicine’s Rx for Health Series: > Link
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Altman et al., Classification Criteria for Osteoarthritis: > Link
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Ritter, P.L., González, V.M., Laurent, D.D. and Lorig, K.R., 2006. Measurement of pain using the visual numeric scale. The Journal of rheumatology, 33(3), pp.574-580. > Link
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About - The numeric rating scale (NRS) is a pain screening tool, commonly used to assess pain severity at that moment in time using a 0–10 scale, with zero meaning “no pain” and 10 meaning “the worst pain imaginable”
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Studenic, P., Aletaha, D., de Wit, M., Stamm, T.A., Alasti, F., Lacaille, D., Smolen, J.S. and Felson, D.T., 2023. American College of Rheumatology/EULAR remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: 2022 revision. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 82(1), pp.74-80. > Link
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Fraenkel, L., Bathon, J.M., England, B.R., St. Clair, E.W., Arayssi, T., Carandang, K., Deane, K.D., Genovese, M., Huston, K.K., Kerr, G. and Kremer, J., 2021. 2021 American College of Rheumatology guideline for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 73(7), pp.1108-1123. > Link
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WHO (2000) International Classification of Functioning Disability (ICIDH-2)> Link
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Nieman, D.C., 1998. Exercise and resistance to infection. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 76(5), pp.573-580. > Link
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Bartley, E.J., Palit, S. and Staud, R., 2017. Predictors of osteoarthritis pain: the importance of resilience. Current Rheumatology Reports, 19, pp.1-9. > Link
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La Scala Teixeira, C.V., Evangelista, A.L., Pereira, P.E.D.A., Da Silva-Grigoletto, M.E., Bocalini, D.S. and Behm, D.G., 2019. Complexity: a novel load progression strategy in strength training. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, p.839. > Link
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Ralston, G.W., Kilgore, L., Wyatt, F.B., Buchan, D. and Baker, J.S., 2018. Weekly training frequency effects on strength gain: a meta-analysis. Sports medicine-open, 4, pp.1-24. > Link
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Schoenfeld, B.J., Grgic, J., Van Every, D.W. and Plotkin, D.L., 2021. Loading recommendations for muscle strength, hypertrophy, and local endurance: a re-examination of the repetition continuum. Sports, 9(2), p.32. Link