A new study published in The Journal of Rheumatology found older women with osteoarthritis who engaged in mild or no physical activity before a total knee or hip replacement faced greater mobility limitations at 85 years old compared to more active women.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. Among the total hip replacement patients, 35.3 percent had intact mobility and 47.7 percent experienced mobility limitations; 17 percent died before age 85.
2. Women who reported high activity levels before hip surgery had a lower risk of mobility limitation compared to women who were physically inactive.
3. For patients who had a total knee replacement, 31.7 percent had intact mobility, 48.7 percent had limitations and 19.6 percent died before age 85.
4. Like the hip surgery patients, inactive women who had total knee replacements were more likely to experience mobility limitations than those who reported high activity levels before surgery.
"Our data underscore that a large proportion of women with hip or knee OA may reach old age with poor mobility despite [total joint replacement]," the authors concluded
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