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Table 1 Self-management education program

From: Efficacy of self-management exercise program with spa therapy for behavioral management of knee osteoarthritis: research protocol for a quasi-randomized controlled trial (GEET one)

Session

Objectives

Session 1:

ᅟEvaluate the representation of the patient’s PA

- Identify the representation of PA

- Identify the barriers to and facilitators of regular PA practice

-Acquisition of knowledge about OA

-Know the methods of the exercise practice

Session 2:

ᅟDefining the importance of exercise in knee OA

-Name the benefits of PA in the management of knee OA

-Identify the normal and abnormal physiological signs during the PA practice

- Learn to adapt the exercise according to its knee OA (intensity, duration)

Session 3:

ᅟPatient engagement in regular PA practice

- Determine where, when and how to exercise throughout the year

- Include an exercise program in everyday life

- Know the anatomical bases necessary for performing the adapted exercises

Session 4:

ᅟThe consequences of stopping the exercise program

-Know the importance of maintaining exercise program on a regular and long-term basis

-Identify factors that could facilitate or limit the continuation of the exercise program

-Learn how to build a PA session

Session 5:

ᅟKnowledge restitution

- Know the means of managing knee OA

- Know how to live healthy with knee OA

-Set an achievable goal

  1. PA physical activity, OA osteoarthritis