Assessment of Efficacy of Low Intensity Resistance Training in Women at Risk for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

• •Resistance training at any time in the last 3 months prior to study
• •Bilateral knee replacement
• •Lower limb amputation
• •Lower limb surgery in the last 6 months that affects walking ability or ability to exercise
• •Back, hip or knee problems that affect walking ability or ability to exercise
• •Unable to walk without a cane or walker
• •Inflammatory joint or muscle disease such as rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis or polymyalgia rheumatica
• •Multiple sclerosis
• •Known neuropathy
• •Self-report of Diabetes
• •Currently being treated for cancer or having untreated cancer
• •Terminal illness (cannot be cured or adequately treated and there is a reasonable expectation of death in the near future)
• •Peripheral Vascular Disease
• •History of myocardial infarction or stroke in the last year
• •History of deep venous thrombosis
• •Chest pain during exercise or at rest
• •Use of supplemental oxygen
• •Inability to follow protocol (e.g. lack of ability to attend visits or understand instructions)
• •Staff concern for subject health (such as history of dizziness/faintness or current restrictions on activity)
• •Concurrent study participation (such as the MOST study)
• •Unable to attend more than 2 days within any 1 week or unable to attend 4 or more sessions during the study