STOP OA: A PILOT STUDY (GLA:D Canada) - Education and Targeted, Personalized Exercise for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis

"EDUCATION: 2 sessions cover OA topics (e.g. diagnosis, causes, risk factors, symptoms, treatment). Education also aims to strengthen beliefs in the value of exercise to control and improve pain and encourage exercise adherence after the program.~EXERCISE: 12 sessions (twice weekly, each about 1-hour) are supervised by therapist(s) with individual progression of exercises when good neuromuscular functioning is demonstrated. Exercises are performed using both legs and focus on sensorimotor control, functional stability, and muscular strength. Exercises involve a 10-minute cycle warm-up followed by a 4-station circuit (i.e. 2 exercises per station with 3 progressive levels of difficulty performed in 2 to 3 sets with 10 to 15 repetitions)."