Authors Alex V Rowlands and Tom Yates It can be challenging to increase physical activity, particularly in people living with chronic disease. Our recent study aimed to develop methods that can enhance intervention efficacy by enabling better personalisation and targeting of interventions. Why is this study important? When people’s free-living physical activity is already placing them under […]
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Effectiveness of combined surgical and exercise-based interventions following primary traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
This blog explains the effectiveness of exercises for first-time shoulder dislocations that occur in the forward direction due to a direct blow to the shoulder [primary traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation]. As an author group, we spent the last 3 years working through existing research to compile it into what is one of the highest levels […]
A catalyst for activity: The NHS Choices ‘Couch to 5K’ Programme, one-year follow-up survey results
By Dr Sophie Bates Background The NHS Choices ‘Couch to 5K’ Programme, is a nine week scheme consisting of three runs per week, which trains novice runners to run continuously for thirty minutes[1]. NHS Choices has promoted the scheme since 2010. Between January and March 2013, I coordinated a group version of the ‘Couch to […]