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In this systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression, Daniel D. Hodgkiss and colleagues investigate exercise and aerobic capacity in individuals with spinal cord injury.

INTRODUCTION: In Australia, only 22% of male and 8% of female adolescents meet the muscle-strengthening physical activity guidelines, and few school-based interventions support participation in resistance training (RT). After promising findings from our effectiveness trial, we conducted a state-wide dissemination of the 'Resistance Training for Teens' (RT4T) intervention from 2015 to 2020. Despite high estimated reach, we found considerable variability in programme delivery and teacher...

Flaws in reporting health intervention studies mean years of research have ‘limited scientific use’, says University of Cambridge study

In a cluster randomized controlled trial, Shulin Chen and colleagues investigate whether integrated care management of depression and hypertension leads to greater improvements as compared to usual care in older adults attending rural Chinese primary care clinics.

"We found that community engagement features themselves were associated with intervention success.

Aims: To explore whether clinical supervision has an influence on person-centred practice. Background: The ability to deliver person-centred care and the ability to engage in reflective practice are two key skills expected of nurses. Person-centred care shifts nurses thinking from the patient's disease state to their personhood. Clinical supervision has been proposed as a place to explore person-centred care. Person-centred practice extends person-centredness to enhance healthful relationsh...

In a cluster randomized controlled implementation trial, Dr. Mitchell N Sarkies and colleagues examine the effectiveness of knowledge brokering and recommendation dissemination in influencing healthcare resource allocation decisions in Australia and New Zealand.

2Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom 3Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom 4Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom Crisis events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can have a devastating effect on communities and the care professionals within them. Over recent years, arts-based interventions have helped in a wide range of crisis situations, being recommended to support the workforce during and after complex crisis but there has been no systematic re...