“Rehabilitation can reduce the time spent in hospital,2 optimise intervention outcomes, prevent hospital admissions and readmissions, and reduce the risks of further complications” - something every therapist knows & why we need more investment bmj.com/content/383/bm…

I just found out that I was accepted into one of the best graduate programs in Brazil by the college where I undergraduate. In 2024 I will be a master's student of the postgraduate program in physiotherapy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. So Happy!

Cochrane review of triple vs. dual bronchodilators in #COPD now published. 👀 ⬇️ Inhaled corticosteroids with combination inhaled long-acting beta2-agonists and long-acting muscarinic antagonists … pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38054551/

El #ejercicio no solo beneficia la salud general, sino que también desempeña un papel clave en la prevención y control del #Cancer ♋️ 🤔Descubre cómo el entrenamiento influye molecularmente en la progresión tumoral y mejora la eficacia del tratamiento cell.com/cell-metabolis…

Smoking cessation makes sense: substantial drop in risk of cardiovascular, cancer and respiratory mortality among quitters compared to current smokers. However, it takes decades for risk to normalize to level of never-smokers (Figure). Source: doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.6419

After a long wait, our longitudinal long COVID study is finally published in Nature Communications: nature.com/articles/s4146…. We find a skeletal muscle alterations in patients with #longcovid, which worsen with exercise. 1/n

🏋️💪🏼The importance of muscular strength in exercise programmes #StrengthSavesLives pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35213873/

¿Sabías que el ejercicio puede ayudar a retrasar el deterioro cognitivo? ¿Sabes que es posible generar un efecto protector en áreas claves del pensamiento y la memoria? ¿Cómo lograrlo? Te lo cuento y agradezco que si te gusta hagas RT.

Have you been working with people with #COPD and exercise training or #pulmonaryrehabilitation? See this exiciting fully funded #PhD opportunity! Application deadline: 27 May 2024 ACPRC ERS_physios Coventry University Research coventry.ac.uk/research/resea…

Muscle Injury: To ice or not to ice? Study suggests that icing has a positive effect on "mild" muscle injury by preventing secondary expansion of injury & promoting muscle regeneration #muscle #injury journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

The molecular mechanisms of exercise on tissue regeneration on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and nervous system. Discover the science behind 🏃‍♂️ 🧵

A lovely illustration of the biopsychosocial contributions to persistent pain. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

An asthma attack is a signal that something went wrong! 2 of 4: Was a post-attack review done? GINA recommends an assessment within a week to identify and fix modifiable risk factors such as poor inhaler technique. ginasthma.org/reports

This ERS/ESICM statement outlines a review of the literature and practice concerning prevalence, clinical significance, diagnosis and management of dyspnoea, one of the most distressing experiences, in critically ill mechanically ventilated adult patients bit.ly/3N2LqGf

New EMBARC paper Bronchiectasis and Asthma- Data from the European Bronchiectasis Registry We show asthma is very commonly diagnosed in people with bronchiectasis and is associated with an increased risk of exacerbations Eva Polverino Stefano Aliberti jacionline.org/article/S0091-…

Accelerated TMS therapies (e.g. Nolan Williams SAINT) are encouraging accelerated (HD) tDCS therapies. Accelerated therapies (like any new dosing) requires rigorous attention to equipment & protocol details. 1. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… 2. brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1935-… 3.

This article beautifully explained what we’ve known for years - #ALS is not one disease. Many drug trials “fail” because of the bluntness of the tools used to measure efficacy. New clinical outcome assessments are underway & have to be validated quickly. biospace.com/article/opinio…

Regular physical activity has been linked with numerous health benefits, including reduced risk for multiple types of cancer and improved survival and quality of life among cancer survivors… dceg.cancer.gov/news-events/ne…

Approach to ECGs 📝 Very informative summary #MedX #FOAMed #MedEd #CardioEd #CardioTwitter #MedTwitter #livertwitter #Cardiology #livertwitter #4KMedEd #ECG #medicalstudent #MedicalEducation #Emergency #medicalpractice

Role of concurrent "endurance and resistance" training to protect skeletal muscle mitochondrial function as an anti-sarcopenic intervention. #muscle #ageing #mitochondira #sarcopenia …nslational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…