PhysioUpdate 23rd March 2021

Physiotherapists in clinical settings who habitually complain that their research counterparts rarely produce findings that relate to their everyday practice can help to bridge the divide. 

That is the message contained in an online British Journal of Sports Medicine article by two Canada-based academics with a background in physiotherapy: Carolyn A Emery and Christopher Napier.

A UK-wide survey of more than 1,400 NHS clinicians – with allied health professionals featuring prominently among them – has uncovered a groundswell of support for the greater use of digital technology.

The results, published today (16 March) in a Health Foundation report titled Securing a positive health care technology legacy from Covid-19, are based on an online survey conducted over a one-week period straddling late October and early November 2020.

People who are overweight and those with weight-related health conditions reap dividends from wearing fitness trackers and step counters, according to an online, peer reviewed British Journal of Sports Medicine article.

The article, written by a team led by Daniel J McDonough from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Minneapolis, is based on a pooled data analysis of the existing evidence.