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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Dec 25;76(3):377–383. doi: 10.1002/art.42732

Table 2.

Patterns of Participation in Strength Training Through the Lifespan Ordered from the Greatest to the Least Frequency.

Participation Age Ranges

Ages 12–18 Ages 19–34 Ages 35–49 Ages ≥50 Frequency Percent
1789 68.6
X 340 13.0
X X 145 5.6
X 86 3.3
X X X 65 2.5
X 48 1.8
X X 35 1.3
X X 30 1.2
X X X X 24 0.9
X 19 0.7
X X 7 0.3
X X X 7 0.3
X X 5 0.2
X X 3 0.1
X X X 3 0.1
X X X 1 0.0

Cells with an “X” denote participation in strength training in that age range.