Authors: Professor Courtney Kipps, Professor Charlie Pedlar & Dr Amy Boalch This year was a special occasion for the Marathon Medicine Conference, as it marked its 40th year. The venue conference saw a change, with the conference held at Central Hall Westminster, and the conference committee welcomed a new member – Dr Amy Boalch. What […]
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Speak up and move with the new Massive Open Online Course Exercise in Medicine: From Functional Evaluation to Adapted Exercise Training
Keywords: exercise prescription, cardiopulmonary exercise test, chronic diseases Although physical activity and exercise are evidence-based treatment modalities for different chronic diseases (class I recommendation, level of evidence A*), the respective implementation in healthcare systems and its impact on public health is still very limited. Indeed, this promising treatment is currently underused in real-world settings, mostly […]
CASM to include “Exercise” in their title
The sports medicine association formerly known as the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine (CASM) voted to change their name to the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM). This will come into effect on June 9th 2010. It is interesting that this follows the BASEM name change in the UK. Given the broad mandate of […]