Jogging and Osteoarthritis: Separating Myth from Reality

Is it OK to run with knee pain? Is it a harbinger of osteoarthritis? In this slideshow, we feature some of the latest studies on knee osteoarthritis with findings that may surprise you.

Is it OK to run with knee pain? Is it a harbinger of osteoarthritis? Doctors usually advise patients with knee pain to forgo jogging and instead, take up walking out of concern it will lead to structural damage within the knees, but apparently, there is no increased risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis among runners as compared to non-runners, researchers report.  In this slideshow, we feature some of the latest studies on knee osteoarthritis with findings that may surprise you.   

Jogging and bone health (Wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com)

Jogging and bone health (Wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com)

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Grace H. Lo, Jeffrey B. Driban, Andrea M. Kriska, et al. "Is There an Association Between a History of Running and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis? A Cross-Sectional Study From the Osteoarthritis Initiative," Arthritis Care & Research. First published Jan. 27, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/acr.22939http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acr.22939/full

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Grace H. Lo, Jeffrey B. Driban, Andrea M. Kriska, et al. "Is There an Association Between a History of Running and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis? A Cross-Sectional Study From the Osteoarthritis Initiative," Arthritis Care & Research. First published Jan. 27, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/acr.22939http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acr.22939/full

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Grace H. Lo, Jeffrey B. Driban, Andrea M. Kriska, et al. "Is There an Association Between a History of Running and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis? A Cross-Sectional Study From the Osteoarthritis Initiative," Arthritis Care & Research. First published Jan. 27, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/acr.22939http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acr.22939/full

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Michelle S. Yau, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong, Youfang Liu, et al. "Genome-Wide Association Study of Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis in North American Caucasians," Arthritis & Rheumatology. First published Jan. 28, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/art.39932http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.39932/full

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David T. Felson, Jingbo Niu, Emily K. Quinn, et al. "Multiple Nonspecific Sites of Joint Pain Outside the Knees Develop in Persons With Knee Pain," Arthritis & Rheumatology. First published Jan. 28, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/art.39848 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.39848/full

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K.L. Paterson, K.L. Bennell, T.V. Wrigley, et al. "Effects of footwear on the knee adduction moment in medial knee osteoarthritis: classification criteria for flat flexible vs stable supportive shoes," Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. February 2017. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.10.001http://www.oarsijournal.com/article/S1063-4584(16)30309-0/fulltext

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