Sports Medicine
Energy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCEnergy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper – American College of Sports Medicine (free)
Commentary: ACSM Announces New Recommendations and Warnings Regarding Safety of Energy Drinks – NewsWise (free)
Related: Energy and sports drinks in children and adolescents – Canadian Paediatric Society (free) AND Health Effects and Public Health Concerns of Energy Drink Consumption in the United States: A Mini-Review – Frontiers in Public Health (free)
Review: Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
16 Feb, 2018 | 02:14h | UTCReview: Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease – Journal of the American Heart Association (free for a limited period)
Meta-Analysis: High-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training within cardiac rehabilitation
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:28h | UTC
Meta-analysis of the effect of protein supplementation on resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass and strength in healthy adults
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:27h | UTCCommentary: Lift Weights, Eat More Protein, Especially if You’re Over 40 – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Risk of Dementia Diagnosis
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:16h | UTCTraumatic brain injury and the risk of dementia diagnosis: A nationwide cohort study – PLOS One (free)
Commentaries: TBI is associated with increased dementia risk for decades after injury – PLOS, via ScienceDaily (free) AND More evidence traumatic brain injuries raise later dementia risk – Reuters (free)
“Using longitudinal, case-control, and sibling-matched analyses of nationwide data from Sweden, Peter Nordström & Anna Nordström describe the association between TBI and dementia, its time course, and the influence of familial factors”. (via @PLOSMedicine see Tweet)
A Surgical Procedure for Shoulder Pain is Less Effective than Previously Thought
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:54h | UTCA surgical procedure for shoulder pain is less effective than previously thought – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial – The Lancet (free) AND Editorial: No benefit of arthroscopy in subacromial shoulder pain (free)
Research: Association of Exposure to Communities With Higher Ratios of Obesity with Increased Body Mass Index and Risk of Overweight and Obesity
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:42h | UTCAssociation of Exposure to Communities With Higher Ratios of Obesity with Increased Body Mass Index and Risk of Overweight and Obesity Among Parents and Children – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Your Neighbors, Your Waistline – New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Is ‘Social Contagion’ at Play When It Comes to Obesity Risk? – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Location of military assignment tied to obesity risk for families – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Reseach: Effects of Exercise in Overweight or Obese Survivors of Breast Cancer
25 Jan, 2018 | 23:52h | UTCEffects of Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Metabolic Syndrome, Sarcopenic Obesity, and Circulating Biomarkers in Overweight or Obese Survivors of Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial – Journal of Clinical Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: How breast cancer survivors can increase their reduced life expectancy – eCancer News (free) AND Exercise may increase lifespan after breast cancer treatment – Medical News Today (free) AND Regular exercise can increase life expectancy of breast cancer survivors – OnMedica (free)
Guideline on Pre-operative Exercise Training in Patients Awaiting Major Non-cardiac Surgery
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:54h | UTC
Research: Warm-Up Programme to Prevent Injuries in Children’s Football (Soccer)
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:33h | UTCCommentary: Correct warm-up reduces soccer injuries in children by half – University of Basel, via ScienceDaily (free)
Guideline: Preoperative Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:53h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Exercise Won’t Help You Lose Much Weight
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCThe science is in: exercise won’t help you lose much weight – VOX (free)
How to Get the Best out of Exercise
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:47h | UTCHow to get the best out of exercise – The Guardian (free)
“Conflicting theories on how to maximise exercise would stretch anyone to the limit. As New Year fitness plans begin in earnest, here’s a scientific response to some frequently asked questions”.
Systematic Review: Antioxidants for Preventing and Reducing Muscle Soreness After Exercise
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:27h | UTCAntioxidants for preventing and reducing muscle soreness after exercise – Cochrane Library (free)
Commentaries: Antioxidants Don’t Ease Muscle Soreness After Exercise – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty
10 Jan, 2018 | 23:16h | UTCEffect of Physical Activity on Frailty: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Structured exercise may offer mobility benefits to all older patients, regardless of frailty – ACP Internist (free) AND Exercise may reduce disability even in frail elders – Reuters (free) AND Effect of Physical Activity on Frailty – Summary for Patients, Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
Guideline: Obesity in the Workplace
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCCommentary: Managing Obesity in the Workplace: New Guidance from ACOEM – Wolters Kluwer Health, via NewsWise (free)
Systematic Review: Modifiable Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment After Critical Illness
4 Jan, 2018 | 19:51h | UTC
Systematic Reviews: No Interventions Proven to Prevent Late-Life Dementia
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:31h | UTCNo interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia, systematic reviews find – ACP Internist (free)
Other commentaries: No Magic Bullet for Preventing Late-Life Dementia – Physician’s Weekly (free) AND No interventions proven to prevent late-life dementia – MedicalXpress (free)
Original Articles:
– Physical Activity Interventions in Preventing Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Pharmacologic Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Does Cognitive Training Prevent Cognitive Decline?: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
– Over-the-Counter Supplement Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Clinical Alzheimer-Type Dementia: A Systematic Review – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Childhood Obesity Climbing with Media Use, European Doctors Warn
28 Dec, 2017 | 17:08h | UTCChildhood obesity climbing with media use, European doctors warn – Reuters (free)
Research: Effect of High-Intensity Exercise on Motor Symptoms in Patients With Parkinson Disease
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:33h | UTCEffect of High-Intensity Treadmill Exercise on Motor Symptoms in Patients With De Novo Parkinson Disease: A Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Exercise May Aid Parkinson’s Disease, but Make It Intense – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND High-Intensity Exercise May Cut Parkinson’s Motor Symptoms – Medscape (free registration required) AND Vigorous Exercise May Hold Benefit in Early Parkinson’s – MedPage Today (free registration required) High-intensity exercise delays Parkinson’s progression – Northwestern University, via ScienceDaily (free)
Research: Associations Between Fast Food and Physical Activity Environments and Adiposity in Mid-Life
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:31h | UTCCommentaries: The built environment and obesity in UK Biobank: right project, wrong data? – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Living near exercise facilities linked to lower BMI and smaller waists – OnMedica (free) Living near physical activity facilities linked to smaller waistline, lower BMI and lower body fat percentage – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (free)
Exercise improves symptoms and function for people with ankylosing spondylitis
10 Dec, 2017 | 13:01h | UTCExercise improves symptoms and function for people with ankylosing spondylitis – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness of Exercise Programs in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials – Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Research: Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to walking down a traffic-polluted road compared with walking in a traffic-free area
7 Dec, 2017 | 22:02h | UTCCommentaries: Walking to a pathway for cardiovascular effects of air pollution – The Lancet (free) AND Traffic fumes in city streets ‘largely wipe out exercise benefits for over-60s’ – The Guardian (free)
Systematic Review: Nonsuicidal Self-injury
3 Dec, 2017 | 19:56h | UTCNonsuicidal Self-injury: A Systematic Review – Frontiers in Psycology (free)
Aerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:44h | UTCAerobic exercise moderately reduces depressive symptoms in new mothers – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Does aerobic exercise reduce postpartum depressive symptoms? a systematic review and meta-analysis – British Journal of General Practice (free)
“Involving new mothers in group exercise programmes, or advising them on an exercise of their choice, reduced depressive symptoms compared with usual care” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)