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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Adult and Community Health
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch
Arthritis Program
Mailstop K-51
4770 Buford Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770.488.5464
Fax: 770.488.5964
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CDC-Funded Science
Arthritis Benefits
of A Physical
Activity Program In West Virginia
Funding Number
MM0944
Project Description
There is a paucity of
literature on the effectiveness of physical activity and exercise
interventions for people with arthritis when delivered in the community
setting. Thus, the purpose of this project is to determine if an
evidence-based, community-delivered, physical activity program, the
EnhanceFitness program (formerly the Lifetime Fitness Program), yields
benefits for participants with arthritis.
Project Objectives
- Conduct a comprehensive, quantitative systematic review of
the literature on evidence-based, community-delivered physical activity
and exercise intervention programs
- Implement the EnhanceFitness Program among people with
arthritis in West Virginia
- Evaluate the EnhanceFitness Program including outcomes
such as physical activity level, pain and functional status
Abstracts, Publications, Presentations
Abstracts:
Community Readiness for Adopting the EnhanceFitness™ Program in People
with Arthritis in West Virginia: A Research to Practice Symposium:
Physical Activity Programs to Enhance Healthy Aging, Jones, DL, Hootman
JM, Goodman JL, et al., poster presentation, Healthy Aging Research
Network symposium, “Effective Community-Based Physical Activity Programs
for Older Adults” , February 14-15, 2007 in Seattle, WA.
Jones DL, Goodman JM, Settipalli S, Hootman JM, Goins RT. Community
readiness for adopting a physical activity program in people with
arthritis in West Virginia. 2nd International Congress on Physical
Activity and Public Health, April 13-16, 2008, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Hootman JM, Jones DL. Exercise and
health-related quality of life in older community-dwelling adults: A
meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Public Health
Association 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Gerontological Health
Section on Physical Activity and Successful Aging.
Presentation:
Jones DL. “Dissemination of the EnhanceFitness Program for People with
Arthritis, the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific
Meeting, Boston, MA, November 10, 2007.
Principal Investigator
Dina L. Jones, Ph.D., P.T.
Assistant Professor in
Orthopaedics & Physical Therapy
Director of Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedics
West Virginia University
One Medical Center Drive
P.O. Box 9196
Morgantown, WV 26506-9196
304-293-1078 (phone)
304-293-7042 (fax)
Djones@hsc.wvu.edu
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