It is interesting that everyone who develops raised blood glucose in later life is given the label ‘type 2 diabetes’, as if a single biochemical result means a single disease process. Anyone who has looked after people with this label knows that they can follow completely different clinical courses. Using data from 5250 patients in… Read More
Overground vs Treadmill Running: What the Difference?
Research Paper Title Comparison of Lower Extremity Kinematic Curves During Overground and Treadmill Running. Background Researchers conducted gait analyses utilising both overground and treadmill modes of running. Previous studies comparing these modes analysed discrete variables. Methods Recently, techniques involving quantitative pattern analysis have assessed kinematic curve similarity in gait. Therefore, the purpose of this study… Read More
The Bodyweight Squat & 3D Knee Joint Moments
Research Paper Title Three-dimensional Knee Joint Moments during Performance of the Bodyweight Squat: Effects of Stance Width and Foot Rotation. Background The purpose of this investigation was to assess the effects of stance width and foot rotation angle on three-dimensional knee joint moments during bodyweight squat performance. Methods Twenty-eight participants performed 8 repetitions in 4… Read More
What is the Effect of Continuous Military Operations on Physical Fitness?
Research Paper Title Effects of Continuous Military Operations on Physical Fitness Capacity and Physical Performance. Background The purposes of this study were to determine the effects of a continuous field artillery scenario on physical fitness capacity and performance and to estimate the physical intensity of the scenario by continuous heart rate monitoring. Methods Twenty-four artillerymen… Read More
Warfighter Strength Training: Time for Scientifically-based Training Programmes
Research Paper Title Strength Training for the Warfighter. Abstract Optimising strength training for the warfighter is challenged by past training philosophies that no longer serve the modern warfighter facing the “anaerobic battlefield.” Training approaches for integration of strength with other needed physical capabilities have been shown to require a periodisation model that has the flexibility… Read More
What’s Been Happening to Children’s Resting Pulse Rates Since 1980?
I think we can safely state that adults, across the centuries, have worried that the children of the next generation will be soft and unfit for the rigours of life. The latest explanation of this Spartan anxiety comes in a study of resting pulse rates in 9-11 year old children in the UK between 1980… Read More
Study Busts Myth of “Metabolically Healthy” Obesity
An article by Susan Mayor of the British Medical Journal: Obese people are at a greater risk of death and cardiovascular events even without metabolic abnormalities than people in the normal weight range, warns a study that questions the belief that it is possible to be healthy despite being seriously overweight (Kramer et al., 2013).… Read More
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