Exercise

Researchers reported that many younger patients with an ACL rupture developed knee osteoarthritis within 5 years of their injury.

For every 500 extra steps per day, or an additional one-quarter mile walked, adults aged 70 years or older could reduce risk for a CVD event by approximately 14%, a speaker reported.

Engaging in moderate-intensity physical activity for 11 minutes a day could prevent nearly 16% of all premature deaths, according to researchers.

All modes of physical activity were effective in improving both anxiety and depression, highlighting the need for using exercise “as a mainstay approach” for managing mental health, according to researchers.

Exercising 20 minutes more every day was associated with a reduced hospitalization risk for a variety of common health conditions, including infection, stroke, venous thromboembolism and more, according to data in JAMA Network Open.

Older patients with rheumatic diseases are less to report “vigorous” levels of physical activity, compared with other age groups, which may lead to more lifestyle difficulties, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

Both exercise and caloric restriction reduced visceral adipose tissue among adults with overweight and obesity, but only exercise had a dose-dependent effect, according to researchers.

Moderate exercise may improve longevity for patients with colorectal cancer by acting on the gut microbiome, according to a study published in American Journal of Cancer Research.

In patients with atrial fibrillation, participating in an exercise-based intervention for 6 months reduced AF recurrence and improved symptom severity compared with controls, researchers reported.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis and self-reported knee instability benefit more from education and supervised exercise compared with those without instability, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.