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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

How we talk about #physicalactivity matters. Here we discuss practical strategies for communicating with patients about PA, moving beyond “just move more” toward patient-centered conversations. Proud to co-author this work with Julie Midtgaard and @stskou.bsky.social 📖 & 📻 lnkd.in/eaNaxVGR

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Call to assess, prescribe and promote physical activity in clinical practice: building on the ACTIVATE consensus Consensus paper: bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/9... Editorial: bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/9...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

📢 To all healthcare professionals seeing patients with NCDs: here’s a set of recommendations from our ACTIVATE consensus for how to assess, prescribe and promote #physicalactivity in clinical practice. Link of paper bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

4/ Combined with the primary MOBILIZE results—showing improved HRQoL at 12 months—this adds to the evidence that exercise therapy is a valuable component of care for people with multiple long‑term conditions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

1/ We ran a secondary analysis of the MOBILIZE trial to see whether a 12‑week personalised exercise therapy + self‑management programme could improve physiological markers in people living with #multimorbidity. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Increases in MVPA of 5 min/day might prevent up to 6% of all deaths in a high-risk approach and 10% of all deaths in population-based approach. Reducing sedentary time by 30 min/day might prevent a smaller, but still meaningful, proportion of deaths. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to continue researching & educating students about the pros and cons of #exercise and #physicalactivity as an Associate Professor at @sduiob.bsky.social Connect if you have a keen interest in exercise & physical activity for chronic conditions 🙏

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Getting ready for #ECSS I’ll be talking about exercise for people with multiple chronic conditions and its impact on inflammation, lipids, blood pressure, triglycerides, and cholesterol. From a secondary analysis of the #MOBILIZE trial. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

6/10 Importantly, there were no major safety concerns. Both groups had similar numbers of serious health events—so the program didn’t increase risk. ✅

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

5/10 📈 The results? People in the program group had a statistically significant improvement in HRQoL of life compared to the usual care group. They also rated their own health more positively. Other outcomes like physical function and mental health were similar across groups.

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

4/10 Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: 🔹 Usual care alone 🔹 Usual care + 12-week program of personalized exercise and support for managing health. The development of the 12-week program can be found here.

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

3/10 We asked: Could exercise therapy and self-management support improve life for people with multimorbidity, beyond what usual care alone offers?

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

2/10 Managing multimorbidity—when someone has two or more long-term health conditions—is tough. It affects daily life, mental health, and overall wellbeing. But proven treatments to improve quality of life are still lacking.

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Exercise therapy and self-management support are more effective than usual care alone in improving health-related quality of life at 12 months in adults with multimorbidity, without compromising safety. #multimorbidity @erc.europa.eu @natmed.nature.com @sdu.dk 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Most Sport and Exercise Science Is NOT repricable. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

More often than you might think, I hear on the street, on TV, and read in newspapers that people with osteoarthritis should refrain from exercise therapy due to the 'damage' it may cause to the cartilage. It does not really seem to be the case 👇 www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

In adults with at least one chronic disease, anti-inflammatory diets lead to small improvements in physical component HRQOL, which may not be clinically relevant. No effect was found on the mental component or general HRQOL. Further high-quality RCTs may change this conclusion.

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

In 2021 we found that exercise therapy may be a promising solution also for patients with multiple chronic conditions. After a few years of work, we now know so much more about it and can’t wait to share the whole story. For now have a look at this systematic review 👇

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Exercises reduces the risk of colon cancer recurrence 👇 @natmed.nature.com @nejm.org

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Structured #Exercise after Adjuvant #Chemotherapy for Colon #Cancer www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Throwback from my talk at the Danish Society for Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy 👇 #exercise #physicalactivity #chronicconditions #multimorbidity #research

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Look forward to meeting new colleagues at #ECSS2025 I’ll be presenting a pre-planned secondary analysis of our MOBILIZE randomised controlled trial Get in touch if you’ve got a keen interest in #exercise #multimorbidity #inflammation #bloodpressure #lipid #sugar #physicalactivity

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Digital health interventions improved physical activity and physical function across various chronic conditions. www.jmir.org/2023/1/e46439

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Walking an additional 1000 steps per day can help lower the risk of all-cause mortality, and CVD morbidity and mortality in adults ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

You might have seen this figure before but it is always good to remind ourselves (and others) how important is walking for our health www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

📢 Attention clinicians treating patients with #knee #osteoarthritis! A new paper in @jospt.bsky.social from Ewa Roos, Carsten Juhl, and I to address a persistent myth in osteoarthritis management. I’ll be sharing a more thorough elaboration of the paper’s content in future posts—so stay tuned!

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It’s fantastic that the MOBILIZE project has been nominated for the award “Patient focus of the year” 👇 among the many RCTs conducted in Denmark. There are more exciting news ahead for the MOBILIZE project with our RCT results soon available… #exercise #multimorbidity #chronicconditions

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

National, regional, and global trends in insufficient physical activity among adults from 2000 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 507 population-based surveys with 5·7 million participants www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Exercise therapy for people with multimorbidity The MOBILIZE intervention pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Short 🧵

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Management of multimorbidity. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

"The global community of physical activity scientists, advocates, and policy influencers must expose, debunk, and confront those who are shaping current narratives that devalue or obstruct physical activity related policy". www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

In discussion with patients we should avoid the use of the term #multimorbidity and instead use other terms such as people with multiple long term conditions. www.bmj.com/content/383/...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I'll be posting regularly about #exercise therapy and #multimorbidity to recap our achievements from the 5-year EU-funded project MOBILIZE www.mobilize-project.dk?lang=en Which #exercise therapy and #multimorbidity topics interest you? Share your answers and questions in the comments!

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The calm before the storm :-) Really excited to be talking about our latest RCT on #exercise therapy for people with #multimorbidity Stay tuned…

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Accumulating evidence suggests that nonsurgical management can play a role before surgery is considered. Such a strategy carries fewer risks for adverse events and lowers cost without compromising outcomes. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🌟 Sneak Peek Alert! 🌟 Curious about my latest research? There is a lot on #exercise, #chronicconditions, #multimorbidity & #digitalhealth Stay tuned for more insights!

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The participants maintained muscle strength and oxidative enzymes in skeletal muscle during fasting but carbohydrate oxidation and high-intensity endurance capacity were reduced. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Physical activity is a modifiable risk factor for more than 30 chronic conditions relevant to the older adult; 150 minutes per week of moderate physical activity can reduce all-cause mortality by 31% compared with no physical activity. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Risky play are crucial for healthy physical, mental and emotional development. Children need these opportunities to develop spatial awareness, coordination, tolerance of uncertainty and confidence.

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

2/8 I've been deeply involved in research this year, focusing on #exercise #physicalactivity #chronicconditions #multimorbidity #msk #systematicreviews #randomisedcontrolledtrials Check out some of the work I've been involved.

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Exercising is tough but it doesn’t need to be extreme to get general health benefits. Happy holidays to all of you and thank you for following my page 🙏 #exercise #physicalactivity #osteoarthritis #HeartFailure #depression #Hypertension #COPD #lowbackpain #obesity #multimorbidity

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Maintaining a healthy weight, staying active, and eating a #diet rich in veggies, fruits, and whole grains after a stage III #colon #cancer diagnosis influence survival. Healthcare providers should help patients to adopt a healthy #lifestyle. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Physical activity has immune benefits, for example, it reduces the systemic inflammation associated with chronic age-related diseases. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31175337/

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

10/ The Quality of Health Apps and Their Potential to Promote Behavior Change in Patients With a Chronic Condition or Multimorbidity: Systematic Search in App Store and Google Play pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35119367/

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

9/ Family History of Psychiatric Disorders as a Risk Factor for Maternal Postpartum Depression jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

8/ Impact of exercise therapy on molecular biomarkers related to cartilage and inflammation in individuals at risk of, or with established, knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

7/ Impact of exercise on articular cartilage in people at risk of, or with established, knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/1...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

6/ Infographic. Therapeutic exercise relieves pain and does not harm knee cartilage nor trigger inflammation bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/2...

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Alessio Bricca @abricca.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

4/ These are my key publications. You can access them for free (see next posts)

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