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This service evaluation provides the results from a tailored blended model of care on joint health, physical function, and personal wellbeing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>1,593 adult participants with osteoarthritis completed the Nuffield Health Joint Pain Programme between February 2019 and May 2022. The 12-week programme included two 40-min exercise sessions per week. All exercise sessions were conducted face-to-face and were followed by 20\u2005min of education to provide information and advice on managing osteoarthritis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The 12-week joint pain programme significantly improved Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) global scores (Week 0: 37.5 [17.2]; Week 12: 24.0 [16.6]; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), as well as subscales for pain (Week 0: 7.6 [3.7]; Week 12: 4.9 [3.7]; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), function (Week 0: 26.0 [13.0]; Week 12: 16.3 [12.4]; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), and stiffness (Week 0: 3.9 [1.6]; Week 12: 2.8 [1.7]; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Significant improvements in health-related outcomes including systolic and diastolic blood pressure (Week 0: 139 [18]\u2005mmHg; Week 12: 134 [17]\u2005mmHg, and Week 0: 82 [11]\u2005mmHg; Week 12: 79 [19]\u2005mmHg; both <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), body mass index (Week 0: 29.0 [4.5]\u2005kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>; Week 12: 28.6 [4.4]\u2005kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001), waist to hip ratio (Week 0: 0.92 [0.23]; Week 12: 0.90 [0.11], <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.01) and timed up and go (Week 0: 10.8\u2005s [2.9]; Week 12: 8.1\u2005s [2.0]; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) were also observed. On completion of the joint pain programme, participants also reported significant improvements in all assessed aspects of self-reported wellbeing (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>With reductions in physical symptoms of osteoarthritis and improvements in personal wellbeing, the joint pain programme delivered by personal trainers in a gym-setting offers a nationally scalable, non-pharmacological treatment pathway for osteoarthritis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fresc.2023.1147938","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,26]],"date-time":"2023-04-26T05:16:52Z","timestamp":1682486212000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["A scalable 12-week exercise and education programme reduces symptoms and improves function and wellbeing in people with hip and knee 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