Authors: Brad S Currier, Jonathan C Mcleod, Stuart M Phillips This blog summarizes a recent publication in BJSM. Why is this study important, and what did we do? The strength and size of muscles are critical for physical function, metabolic health, and healthy aging. Resistance training (a.k.a. strength training or weightlifting) is the most effective […]
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Fatigue Recovery and Connected Factors Following Paediatric Concussion
Authors: Fabian Fabiano and Vicki Anderson This blog provides a summary of a recent study published in BJSM, which investigated post-concussion fatigue during the first 3 months following injury and explored the factors associated with persisting fatigue [1]. Why is this study important? Fatigue is among the most common and debilitating persisting symptoms following paediatric […]
Groin Pain: Into the Bermuda Triangle Part 3
Diagnosing, managing & rehabilitating injuries in the Bermuda Triangle Keywords: Groin Pain; Inguinal; Rehabilitation Introduction This is the penultimate Blog in a series dealing with Groin Pain. Part 1, on Adductor Related Groin Pain (ARGP) and Part 2, Iliopsoas Related Groin Pain (IRGP), can be found here: Part 1; Part 2. This part deals with […]
Can we predict who will respond positively to a physical activity intervention? A tool to enable personalisation of interventions
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 […]
Unequal impacts of universal health policies: a systems-oriented view of physical activity levels in response to COVID-19 ‘lockdowns’
Authors Tessa Strain, Miriam Alvarado, Flora Jackson, Leandro Garcia, Michael P Kelly, and Paul Kelly Purpose of this blog The COVID-19 pandemic saw whole population health protection policies, such as containment strategies or vaccine roll-outs, implemented in many countries at an unprecedented scale. Sometimes these policies were enshrined in law, sometimes they were public health […]
Steady and Straight: UK consensus statement on physical activity and exercise for osteoporosis.
Osteoporotic fractures may affect one woman in two and one man in five, potentially causing pain, disability, loss of independence and increased mortality. Exercise may benefit risk of osteoporotic fracture by increasing muscle and bone strength and reducing falls risk. However, many health professionals are unsure of what exercise to recommend and concerned about potential […]
Update: Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System Version 2.5
An important update for the sport medicine community In March of 2020, a new consensus version of the Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System (SMDCS) version 2 was published, along with supplementary material, at https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/7/397l . The Orchard Sorts Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) was also published, and has since been updated here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2022/06/16/bjsports-2022-105828. The SMDCS has now […]
The error of easy running in terms of stroke volume response to exercise, or why Peter Coe was right
Author: Sergey Roussakow, MD, PhD (0000-0002-2548-895X) This blog reconsiders the traditional point of view about the training effect and physiological mechanisms of easy running and low heart rate training. The Miracle of Long Slow Distance If you ask a novice runner what the benefits of long slow distance running (LSD) (also known as low-heart rate […]
Treatment of plantar fasciopathy
Plantar fasciitis, plantar heel pain, plantar fasciopathy – this condition has many names, a substantial negative impact on patients, and no single effective treatment. In this blog, we will explain our trial, The FIX-Heel Trial, which was recently published in BJSM. In this trial, we compared some of the most commonly used treatments for patients […]
Resistance exercise for tendinopathy: How heavy, how much and how often?
Keywords: tendinopathy, exercise therapy, resistance exercise dose In this blog post we will summarise our recent study addressing what dose of resistance exercise is best for treating tendinopathy. This study was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as part of a large literature-based project on exercise therapy for the treatment of tendinopathy. […]