The UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee’s Healthy Ageing: Physical Activity in an Ageing Society Inquiry

The UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee has published more written evidence submissions to the Healthy Ageing: Physical Activity in an Ageing Society inquiry, including mine.

I discussed our research involving patients with knee osteoarthritis. The fear of exacerbating their symptoms is a barrier to many individuals participating in exercise. In most cases, this is unwarranted, and exercise can be used as a beneficial form of medicine.

I also emphasised the importance of patient information. We found that exercise prescriptions and recommendations from healthcare professionals were the leading factors motivating patients to use exercise as a form of treatment for knee osteoarthritis.

Information about the inquiry, along with written and oral evidence published as part of the inquiry, can be found at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/9230/healthy-ageing-physical-activity-in-an-ageing-society/

Joanne Stocks

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