Inactivity common among people with rheumatoid arthritis
The risk of arthritis increases as people age. A study recently reported in ICAA Research Review (11[30] August 2011) found that 40.1% of men and 56.5% of women with osteoarthritis were inactive, percentages based on objective accelerometer readings. A separate analysis that likewise used accelerometers found the same to be true for people with rheumatoid arthritis.
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