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The mostly home-based exercise training programme provided in this study did not result in reduced hip pain over the two-year follow-up period.

Heavy physical stress at work and major musculoskeletal injuries are associated with an increased risk of developing clinically diagnosed hip OA.

Higher education, absence of knee osteoarthritis and comorbidities, supervised exercise training and habitual conditioning physical activity predicted a lower presence of pain and better functional status in patients with hip osteoarthritis.