An 8-week study on the effects of exercise with hemophilia titled, "Effects of a supervised therapeutic exercise program on musculoskeletal health and gait in patients with haemophilia: A pilot study," recognized significant improvement in joint health and mobility in its participants.
Until about the 1970s, those who suffered from hemophilia were taught to avoid any physical activity and sports. There was, and still is, perceived risk of injury. However, during the mid-70s, public opinion on exercise for hemophiliacs started to take a turn. Now, multiple hemophilia organizations like the National Hemophilia Foundation, (NHF), actually suggest low-risk exercise for patients with hemophilia, and the study introduction mentions that episodes of bleeding in patients with hemophilia are associated with limitations in physical performance.
Exercise is a great way to maintain healthy joints because it increases physical fitness and muscular health, which is essential for those with hemophilia. Building tissue around these joints by working out, whether it be non-contact sports like swimming and non-intensive running, or by lifting weights, is supported and are healthy ways to prevent obesity or bone density loss. Obesity and a loss of bone density can be harmful to everyone, especially those with hemophilia.
Exercise in the study was evaluated to show significant improvements in health. The study consisted of nineteen hemophiliacs, ten of which were in a control exercise group, and the rest (9) were not. At the end of each exercise session, the participants went through a cryotherapy session targeting lower joints, which lasted 15 minutes on each joint.
The results consisted of those in the exercise group, (non-control group), showed improvements in joint health. Though, joint health was not maintained in the absence of exercising. You can read the study here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/hae.14444
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