Keeping Exercise Going During and After Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study and a Patient and Clinician Preference Survey

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who treat adults with hip or knee osteoarthritis and who plan for what happens after a course of care ends.

Licensed physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in outpatient, hospital, community, and telehealth settings. Physical therapist assistants may take this course; the activities described here are carried out under the direction and supervision of the physical therapist, who retains evaluation, diagnosis, and plan-of-care decisions.

Intended audience

Physical Therapy

Level

Intermediate

Delivery format

Online, asynchronous, self-paced course: interactive reading with audio or video, and a scored post-test.

Based on

Lawford BJ, Campbell PK, Graham B, Hinman RS, Keating C, Bennell KL. Exploring Experiences of People With Hip Osteoarthritis Who Participated in a Multicomponent Lifestyle Intervention Involving Exercise and Weight Loss Diet Delivered via Telehealth: A Qualitative Study. JOSPT Open. 2026;4(2):204-214. doi:10.2519/josptopen.2026.0197

Alberotanza G, Skou ST, Hartvigsen J, Dideriksen M, Nyberg M, Rasmussen H, Bricca A. Patient and Clinician Preferences for Postrehabilitation Physical Activity Support in Knee, Hip, and Low Back Pain Management – A Cross-sectional Study. JOSPT Open. 2026;4(3):313-320. doi:10.2519/josptopen.2026.0216

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe what participants with hip osteoarthritis in the telehealth lifestyle qualitative study said helped them stick with the program and what made the exercise component hard to sustain.
2. State what patients and what clinicians in the Danish cross-sectional survey said they preferred for physical activity support after in-person rehabilitation ended, including the point on which the two groups diverged.
3. Distinguish reported experiences and stated preferences from evidence of treatment effectiveness when explaining what these two papers can and cannot support about continuing activity after discharge.

1. Start Here: The Course Question and How to Use This Course
2. Part One: Experiences of a Telehealth Exercise and Weight-Loss Program for Hip Osteoarthritis
3. Who Took Part in the Hip Osteoarthritis Lifestyle Program
4. How the Interviews Were Conducted and Analyzed
5. What Participants Said Helped Them Keep Going
6. Where the Exercise Component Broke Down, and the Limits of These Interviews
7. Part Two: Patient and Clinician Preferences for Activity Support After Rehabilitation Ends
8. Who Answered the Postrehabilitation Support Survey
9. How the Survey Was Built and Administered
10. What Patients and Clinicians Said They Preferred
11. Why the Survey Authors Urged Caution About Their Own Findings
12. Bringing It Together
13. Where the Two Papers Point the Same Way
14. Where the Two Papers Diverge, and Which Paper Found What
15. Building Continuation Into the Plan of Care
16. What These Two Papers Leave Unanswered
17. Key Takeaways
18. Post-Test and Course Evaluation

Quinn Millington, PT, DPT, ECS is the instructor of record: the licensed clinician who reviewed this course and signed off on it. The name and credentials print on the certificate.

Disclosures. This course was developed by The ConEd Solution, which has a financial interest in its sale. No outside funding or sponsorship was received. The instructor of record has no affiliation with the authors of the source publication or their institutions.

This course awards 1.0 contact hour (60 min). How you earn them:

1. Complete the course. Every lesson, in order.
2. Pass the post-test. Score 80% or higher. Retakes are allowed.
3. Complete the evaluation. A short form rating each learning objective and the course.
4. Download your certificate. It is issued on completion and stays available in My Account.

The episode time is its measured length. Reading, post-test and evaluation times are estimates.

This course is designed to satisfy the quality requirements state boards set for continuing education. Requirements vary by state, and confirming that a course fits your renewal is up to you. Each state’s own acceptance statement is in the credit panel on this page.

1. Lawford BJ, Campbell PK, Graham B, Hinman RS, Keating C, Bennell KL. Exploring Experiences of People With Hip Osteoarthritis Who Participated in a Multicomponent Lifestyle Intervention Involving Exercise and Weight Loss Diet Delivered via Telehealth: A Qualitative Study. JOSPT Open. 2026;4(2):204-214. doi:10.2519/josptopen.2026.0197
2. Alberotanza G, Skou ST, Hartvigsen J, Dideriksen M, Nyberg M, Rasmussen H, Bricca A. Patient and Clinician Preferences for Postrehabilitation Physical Activity Support in Knee, Hip, and Low Back Pain Management – A Cross-sectional Study. JOSPT Open. 2026;4(3):313-320. doi:10.2519/josptopen.2026.0216