Lucas Shelemy presents a recent systematic review on gamification for health promotion, which explores behaviour change techniques in smartphone apps.
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Physical activity and schizophrenia: how much exercise do people do?
Joanne Wallace summarises a novel systematic review that actually quantifies the amount of physical activity done by people with schizophrenia.
[read the full story...]Exercise in severe mental illness: barriers and motivating factors
Joanne Wallace considers a recent systematic review of exercise in severe mental illness, which focuses on the factors that motivate people to exercise, and the barriers that can prevent physical activity.
[read the full story...]Fitness to practice: exercise for depression in adolescents
Dave Steele warms up for the winter triathlon season by reading a new systematic review on the effect of exercise on depressive symptoms in adolescents.
[read the full story...]Treatment for depression in traumatic brain injury: Cochrane find no evidence for non-pharmacological interventions
Eleanor Kennedy summarises a recent Cochrane systematic review, which finds no evidence to support the use of non-pharmacological interventions for depression in traumatic brain injury.
[read the full story...]Land-based therapeutic exercise for knee osteoarthritis
Jean Wong summarises a Cochrane systematic review, which suggests that exercise improves pain, function and quality of life in those with knee osteoarthritis.
[read the full story...]What factors can ameliorate cognitive ageing?
Raluca Lucacel summarises a systematic review of individually modifiable risk factors to ameliorate cognitive ageing. The study included Mediterranean diet, Tai Chi, Soy isoflavones, B Vitamins and Vitamin D.
[read the full story...]Surgical versus non-surgical treatment of patellar dislocation
This systematic review compared surgical and non-surgical interventions used to managed patellar dislocation in adults.
[read the full story...]Pointing the FINGER at a multi-component intervention to prevent cognitive decline and dementia
Caroline Struthers critically appraises a recent RCT of diet, exercise, cognitive training and vascular risk monitoring to prevent cognitive decline and dementia in at-risk Finnish women.
[read the full story...]Helping people with depression return to work
Meg Fluharty reports on a new Cochrane review of interventions to improve return to work in depressed people. The review finds moderate quality evidence for a range of work-directed and clinical interventions that can help people with depression return to work.
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