The health benefits of physical activity (PA) are well-established.1 One in four adults achieves less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity PA per week2 at an estimated global healthcare cost of INT$54 billion.1 World Health Organization (WHO) member states agreed to reduce inactivity by 15% by 2030.1 WHO’s Global Strategy on Ageing and Health establishes lifelong […]Read More…
Objective The effect of fall prevention exercise programmes in residential aged care (RAC) is uncertain. This paper reports on an intervention component analysis (ICA) of…
Keywords: Collision Sport; Sports Therapy Introduction Since its formation in 1990, members of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST) have become valued practitioners within the…
During a basketball game, I was hit on the inside of my left knee by an offensive player, resulting in an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)…
Objectives To evaluate the prevalence of abnormal ECG findings and their association with imaging results in male Brazilian football players. Methods The ‘B-Pro Foot ECG’…
Keywords Wearable technology, exercise medicine, joint arthroplasty Introduction In 2015, I wrote a BJSM Blog on “Deciding when it is time to have a knee…
Objectives To determine if physiotherapists can deliver a clinically effective very low energy diet (VLED) supplementary to exercise in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and…
Objectives The objective was to investigate the benefits of the ‘weekend warrior’ physical activity pattern in Latin America, where many people take part in high…
Authors: David Mizrahi, Jonathan Lai, Hayley Wareing, Yi Ren, Tong Li, Christopher Swain, David Smith, Diana Adams, Alexandra Martiniuk, Michael David In this blog post,…
A collaborative rehabilitation framework involving the dual-discipline support of physiotherapy and strength & conditioning (S&C). To assist the athlete’s journey from injury to performance. Keywords: Athlete-centred…
Objective To examine and summarise evidence from meta-analyses of cohort studies that evaluated the predictive associations between baseline cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and health outcomes among…
