We write to present alternative interpretations of the data published by Zouhal and colleagues, in the BJSM article: Inverse relationship between percentage body weight change and finishing time in 643 forty-two-kilometre marathon runners The Abstract states that “… these data are not compatible with laboratory-derived data suggesting that BW [body weight] loss greater than 2% during […]
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Guest blog via Professor Neville Owen
Just a quick post (it’s the weekend and BJSM editors never work on weekends). One of the pioneers of the science of sedentary behavior, Professor Neville Owen, alerted BJSM to this comprehensive paper (not open access, sorry!) – great one to bring you up to speed in this field. What is sedentary behaviour? It’s too much […]
Deflating the Genomic Bubble (in Science!)** Big news
This paper in today’s issue of Science is going to get a lot of attention because it has multibillion (yes, billion, of not trillion) dollar implications. The thoughtful, balanced perspective should influence health policy from the WHO through to the NIH and lead public health agencies the world over. The international authors are not alone in making […]
Tour de office? New research findings on mini-bike for sedentary workers
Continuing the theme of creative strategies to overcome sedentary behaviour, this month’s BJSM includes Lucas Carr et. al’s article: “Feasibility of a portable pedal exercise machine for reducing sedentary time in the workplace.” Interesting to consider the strategy of bringing an exercise machine directly to the feet of office workers who don’t make time to leave the […]
Role of pacing in speed skating and cycling (see video!): Florentina J Hettinga guest blogs for BJSM
At about this time last year, the Winter Olympics took place in Vancouver. In my country (the Netherlands) this is a very important event, being raised (or maybe even born if we think of Mark Tuitert, Ireen Wűst and Sven Kramer…) with speed skates on our feet. However, since it is also the year before the […]
Convergence of Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Experts in Mozart’s Home City
In October 26 – 29, 2011, Salzburg, Austria will host the 7th European Congress of Sports Medicine and the 3rd Central European Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The events take place as part of the Annual Assembly of the German and the Austrian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This merger of Sports Medicine and […]
BJSM Blog via Kindle – easier than ever!
I have to confess to not having a Kindle yet but I see them being used more and more when I do my random airplane flight surveys! Lots of Kindle e-readers, some Sony Readers, and of course lots of iPad aficionados. And then there are the folks playing Solitaire on some amazing technology. Can you […]
Canada lowers the bar for physical activity…to make people more active?
The 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey indicated that only 15% of adult Canadians were active for a recommended 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per day. Younger Canadians were even less active with 9% of boys and 4% of girls aged 5 to 17 meeting the health-benefit informed goals of 60 to 90 minutes […]
More on how to get the most from Twitter
In the October 2010 BJSM editorial I tried to make a pitch for the usefulness of Twitter for sport and exercise medicine, public health – basically for work! Two very prominent doctors, with great tweets (I believe that makes them ‘tweeps’ but I am a rookie) have done a much better job outlining this in […]
Exciting Exercise Medicine Study Opportunity in Tanzania with Paul Hodges
In addition to a unique setting to learn about “managing pain by changing the brain, ” and to gain insight into the effects of altitude on exercise, clinicians and students have the opportunity to learn from the expertise of Dr. Paul Hodges. Dr. Hodges is an award winning Researcher, Director of the University of Queensland’s […]