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MARRTC Researcher Presents in Barcelona
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 13, 2000) - Exercise in the treatment of osteoarthritis gained an international audience with a presentation by MARRTC researcher Marian Minor at the Fifth World Congress on Osteoarthritis held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2000.
Minor, a principal investigator with the Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, presented as an invited speaker to the Congress. The Congress was attended by about 800 physicians, researchers, and other health-care professionals and health-care industry personnel from around the world.
Minor presented on "Exercise in the Management of Osteoarthritis." Minor, P.T., Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Related Professions of the University of Missouri.
In her research, Minor has shown that exercise is effective in the treatment in osteoarthritis and that exercise can lead to a decrease in pain and disability and an increase in mobility and flexibility for people with osteoarthritis.
The Fifth World Congress was the annual meeting of The OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI). The Congress was titled "Treatment of Osteoarthritis: Basic and Clinical Research in the New Millennium" and held from Oct. 4 through Oct. 7, 2000.
Founded in 1990, OARSI is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. OARSI is dedicated to encouraging research and disseminating the results of that research to promote a better understanding of osteoarthritis and of its treatment, according to the organization's website.
Getting the word out about ways to treat osteoarthritis at such international efforts is important because, the OARSI website notes, "the increase in life-span around the world has resulted in osteoarthritis becoming more prevalent. In recent years, osteoarthritis has become the leading reason of physical consultation in Europe."
Minor said her presentation at the October 2000 Congress was the first time exercise and exercise physiology had been on the agenda.
She said her presentation not only gave her the opportunity to spread the word about the benefits of exercise in the treatment of osteoarthritis, but also allowed her to meet researchers from all over the United States as well as England, Australia and Sweden.
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