Gardening/yardwork is one of the few forms of leisure physical activity that people tend to do more as they age. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and a major cause of disability that also tends to occur more as people age. Baylor College of Medicine investigators were interested in studying the relationship between gardening/yardwork and osteoarthritis in an observation study. Their findings were published in Clinical Rheumatology.
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