Re: Arthritis and Physical Activity Online Survey

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Not only women get arthritis.

Stay Well,

<<I am a research coordinator in the College of Kinesiology at the University of

Saskatchewan. . . . The purpose of the grant is to study what may or may not

keep women with arthritis from doing physical activity.>>

[Guest guest]

I doubt that the researchers think that only women get arthritis. That

doesn't mean it is not worthwhile studying things specific to one gender or the

other.

Gareeth

wrote:

<<Not only women get arthritis>>

[Guest guest]

Did you read the information on the survey website?

They are researching instances of women and arthritis, as it's shown that woman

get arthritis more often than men. No one said 'men don't get arthritis'.

Ashleigh Garrison <friezanrule@...>

[Guest guest]

There is a lot of evidence that women respond differently to pain than men, so

depending on what they're researching gender may matter.

 

Opal

[Guest guest]

Hey folks,

I totally get it, did from the beginning.

My point: Their study should be inclusive rather than exclusive.

And I understand that more women get arthritis than men, but did you or they

ever ask why? To start, there are fewer men than women. Men have a shorter

lifespan, thus making men's opportunity to present with Arthritis less. Also,

Perhaps men are more likely to suffer in silence while women see a doctor, the

whole macho thing.

I don't mean to start a whole debate here. Just trying to clear up that " yes, I

can read " , And raise some other questions that certainly bear looking into.

Stay Well,

<<I doubt that the researchers think that only women get arthritis. That doesn't

mean it is not worthwhile studying things specific to one gender or the other.>>

[Guest guest]

There are differences in both the frequency, the presentation and the sort

of issues the genders deal with. It is perfectly valid to study one gender

or the other. It would hardly be scientific to ignore an important variable.

Gareeth

wrote:

<<I totally get it, did from the beginning.

My point: Their study should be inclusive rather than exclusive.

And I understand that more women get arthritis than men, but did you

or they ever ask why?>>