When Rheumatology and Sports Intersect: 10 Considerations

In a session at ACR 2018, rheumatologist and sports medicine specialist Andrew Concoff, M.D., spoke of the importance of exercise in arthritis treatment and the value in developing expertise in both rheumatology and sports medicine. In this slideshow, we focus on past and current developments in the use of sports and exercise medicine in rheumatic disease.

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Team up sports medicine and rheumatologyhttps://www.acrdailynewslive.org/treating-exercise-induced-injuries-a-necessary-part-of-arthritis-management/Applications of sports and exercise medicine in rheumatologyhttps://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/44/2/143/2899340Rheumatologic diseases mimic sports injurieshttps://link.springer.com/article/10.2165%2F00007256-200838110-00003Musculoskeletal spawns chronic diseasehttps://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1151-2How osteoarthritis can be traumatichttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-76735-2_3Sex-based differences in 5 common sports injurieshttps://www.healio.com/orthopedics/sports-medicine/news/online/%7B57a1eb08-f160-4a9d-b2ea-8377803dafa6%7D/sports-medicine-experts-highlight-sex-based-differences-in-common-sports-injuriesJuvenile idiopathic arthritis reduces physical activityhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acr.23795Activity trackers boost physical activityhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/acr.23752Exercise elevates arthritis treatmenthttps://www.acrdailynewslive.org/treating-exercise-induced-injuries-a-necessary-part-of-arthritis-management/Exercise education for patients with arthritishttps://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Diseases-Conditions/Living-Well-with-Rheumatic-Disease/Exercise-and-Arthritis