Abigail L. Gilbert, MD, MSCI, assistant professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, discusses her research on the differences in gait speeds, in people with osteoarthritis, with .
She says that her study, published in , is the first “to look at important differences in gait speed among adults with rheumatic disease who may have pain and stiffness that interferes with function.鈥� She adds, “this allows us to know how to interpret change in gait speed in adults with knee osteoarthritis in clinical studies to determine if the change is significant.鈥�
Read the Healio Rheumatology article . Find Gilbert’s published study .