Extrapersonal barriers and facilitators to physical activity in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: a scoping review
Thomas Davergne, Özgül Öztürk, Mohamed Saadi, David Ueckert, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, Salima van Weely, Özlem Feyzioğlu, Karin Niedermann, Anne-Kathrin Rausch Osthoff · 2026
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Thomas Davergne and eight colleagues, publishing in 2026, map the outside-the-person factors that help or hinder physical activity in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Staying active clearly benefits these patients, yet programs often fail because reviews have focused on personal motivation while daily surroundings quietly decide what is possible.
The scoping review gathered 42 studies with 3,084 participants across 17 countries and coded what patients themselves reported. The team sorted 233 separate factors into 25 themes spanning social, environmental, and system-level conditions. Support from others, cost, weather, access to adapted programs, and work or family duties could each cut either way depending on context. Less-studied factors included pet ownership, family habits, nearby nature, and patient groups. The authors argue that lasting change needs strategies aimed at surroundings, not only at the patient.
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| CREATOR | Thomas Davergne, Özgül Öztürk, Mohamed Saadi, David Ueckert, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, Salima van Weely, Özlem Feyzioğlu, Karin Niedermann, Anne-Kathrin Rausch Osthoff |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51633 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |