The Effects of Group Cycling on Gait and Pain-Related Disability in Individuals With Mild-to-Moderate Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Physical Activity Patterns Among Older Adults With and Without Knee Osteoarthritis in Six European Countries

“…A detailed analysis revealed that older adults with knee OA even cycle more often in The Netherlands than individuals without knee OA. Cycling is a joint-friendly type of physical activity that is advised for persons with arthritis to meet physical activity recommendations (32,33). Persons with knee OA may cycle because cycling causes less pain, it is recommended by physicians, and the infrastructure facilitates this kind of physical activity.…”

Effects of toe-in angles on knee biomechanics in cycling of patients with medial knee osteoarthritis

“…To address this issue, exercises such as cycling that are intended to reduce joint loading compared to weight-bearing activities are commonly recommended by prominent health organizations (AAOS, 2014;Westby, 2012;Winters). Interestingly, even though cycling is commonly recommended by these organizations, and loading to the knee joint has shown to be reduced compared to walking in an instrumented joint replacement (D'Lima et al, 2008), only a few studies exist in literature to suggest that cycling is specifically beneficial for knee OA sufferers (Mangione et al, 1999;Salacinski et al, 2012). In contrast, one community-based study performed in Iran showed that the risk of knee OA was actually increased in individuals who cycled more than 30 min per day (Dahaghin et al, 2009).…”

Acute effects of lateral shoe wedges on joint biomechanics of patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis during stationary cycling

“…Exercise such as cycling is commonly prescribed by health organizations to reduce the body weight loads placed on the knees (Westby, 2012;Winters (Accessed 2015)) but interestingly enough, only a couple of studies have demonstrated that cycling is beneficial for people with knee OA (Mangione et al, 1999;Salacinski et al, 2012). Furthermore, one study found that people who cycled at least 30 minutes each day were twice as likely to develop knee OA compared to those who cycled less than 30 minutes each day (Dahaghin et al, 2009).…”