Lifestyle modifications to improve musculoskeletal and bone health and reduce disability--a life-course approach

Graeme Jones; Tania M Winzenberg; Michele L Callisaya; Laura L Laslett

doi:10.1016/j.berh.2014.07.004

Lifestyle modifications to improve musculoskeletal and bone health and reduce disability--a life-course approach

Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Jun;28(3):461-78. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.07.004. Epub 2014 Aug 22.

Authors

Graeme Jones¹, Tania M Winzenberg², Michele L Callisaya³, Laura L Laslett⁴

Affiliations

¹ Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Private bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. Electronic address: g.jones@utas.edu.au.
² Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Private bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. Electronic address: Tania.Winzenberg@utas.edu.au.
³ Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Private bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia; Department of Medicine, Monash University, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia. Electronic address: Michele.Callisaya@monash.edu.
⁴ Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Private bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. Electronic address: Laura.Laslett@utas.edu.au.

PMID: 25481426
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2014.07.004

Abstract

This review covers the evidence relating to lifestye modification in the big three musculoskeletal conditions: osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Lifestyle is of considerable importance in the first two and there is emerging evidence for rheumatoid arthritis despite it not traditionally being considered a lifestyle disease.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Osteoarthritis; Osteoporosis; Prevention; Rheumatoid arthritis; Smoking.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arthritis, Rheumatoid / prevention & control
Behavior Therapy*
Bone and Bones / physiology
Disabled Persons
Humans
Life Style*
Musculoskeletal Diseases / prevention & control*
Osteoarthritis / prevention & control
Osteoporosis / prevention & control