Preface

This book is written for the person who has arthritis and either is planning to start exercising or already is exercising and wishes to modify an existing program. It may also be helpful to those who work with arthritis patients and want to pull together information from both a clinical and a scientific perspective. Numerous research studies pertain to people with arthritis, but wading through various publications and interpreting the findings can be an overwhelming task for someone who wants to exercise. This book assembles relevant information from various fields of research and summarizes the findings. However, a simple summary of research findings is not necessarily useful. The chief purpose of this book, therefore, is to identify helpful information and combine it with clinical experience.