Authors: Rik Dawson, Jenni Suen, Catherine Sherrington, Wing Kwok, Marina B Pinheiro, Abby Haynes, Charlotte McLennan, Katy Sutcliffe, Dylan Kneale and Suzanne Dyer. Why is this Study Important? As we age, our chance of falling increases, potentially leading to serious issues like fractures, loss of independence, and even death. For older adults living at home, […]
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Enhancing our Understanding of ECG Abnormalities in Male Brazilian Football Players
Authors: Filipe Ferrari, Anderson D. da Silveira, Flávia C. O. Magalhães, Artur H. Herdy, Victor Froelicher, Ricardo Stein In this blog, we will cover the process of developing an extensive 12-lead resting electrocardiogram (ECG) database of Brazilian football players, along with our key findings. Our study, recently published in BJSM, required four years of collaborative […]
Fighting off the genetic risk of type 2 diabetes through an active lifestyle
This blog provides a summary of a recent study published in BJSM. Why is this study important? Diabetes affects more than 10% of the world’s population and it is one of the most common chronic diseases in the 21st century (1). Diabetes can lead to serious disease complications, disabilities, and premature deaths (2), and burden […]
Crying wolf: When media reports distort research evidence
As a researcher who has spent a considerable period investigating the risks of injury 1 2 in rugby, and setting up and evaluating injury prevention programmes designed to mitigate the risks 3, I read the BBC media report of July 4, 2010 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10501327) quoting Professor Allyson Pollock that ‘high tackles and scrums should be banned […]