Abstracts tagged "exercise and prevention"

Abstract Number: 1197 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Two Strategies for Recruiting Rural Faith-Based Organizations for a Fall-Prevention Exercise Intervention in a Population with High Rates of Arthritis
Dina L. Jones¹, Rachael E. Whitley² and Jennifer L. Eicher¹, ¹Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, ²Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Background/Purpose: Rates of falls are higher in older adults, rural areas, and people with chronic conditions such as arthritis. Translating evidence-based, fall-prevention programs into practice…
Abstract Number: 2433 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Integration of a Healthy Aging Program Into the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program: Six-Month Results
Elizabeth A. Schlenk¹, Joni Vander Bilt², Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic², Sarah E. Woody², Janice C. Zgibor², Molly B. Conroy³, C. Kent Kwoh⁴ and Anne B. Newman², ¹School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PIttsburgh, PA, ⁴School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: In 2001, the University of Pittsburgh Prevention Research Center (PRC) developed the “10 Keys”TM to Healthy Aging program in response to the need to…