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Nicole Freene

@nicolefreene.bsky.social
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Physiotherapist. Professor @UniCanberra Passionate about increasing our physical activity levels for primary & secondary prevention of chronic disease

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Lucy Westerman @lucywesterman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Great to be supporting a very practical workshop at #Prevention2025, focused on how a political science lens could help bring a national #PhysicalActivity action plan to fruition to help more Aussies to move more. Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
Peter McCue with a slide welcoming delegates to the workshop on physical activity Peter McCue presents a slide asking why Australia doesn’t have a Physical Activity Action Plan.Prof Jo Salmon presents a slide and overview of ASPA’s call to actionPeter McCue displays a slide to explain relationship between research and policy
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Jennifer Reed @jenniferreed.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If you are interested in sports and exercise, the Canadian Journal of Cardiology has an excellent, newly released special issues on this topic: onlinecjc.ca/issue/S08282... It was a privilege and fun to be involved in several of these articles: 👀👇 @ccs-scc.bsky.social @heartinstitute.bsky.social
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Current Issue Table of Contents: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
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Gabriela Melo Ghisi @gabrielamghisi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Did you know ICCPR has its very own podcast? 🎙️ We’re excited to share that we have 3 episodes available, hosted by @dioncandelaria.bsky.social Tune in to hear insightful conversations and perspectives on global cardiovascular rehab & more: buzzsprout.com/2418376/epis... #letstalkICCPR
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FAU Physical Activity and Health @faupaandhealth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📢 New Article Published in BMC Public Health! Wolfgang Geidl, together with colleagues from the Universities of Vechta, Tübingen, and Potsdam, as well as the Robert Koch Institute, has published a new article in BMC Public Health. 📄 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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Paul Glasziou @paulglasziou.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Public health is important - as the data below on the impact of smoking reduction show. Over 4 decades, risk of pre-mature (<70yrs) death from smoking reduced from 16 in 100 to 3 in 100. That's a lot more grandmas and grandpas caring for/enjoying their grandkids :-)
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Harriet Koorts 🇿🇦🇬🇧 in 🇦🇺 @harrietkoorts.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
How do we define 'successful' scale up? What influences this? In our latest paper we found that 'success' was a combination of scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes and contexts... Read more about it here: academic.oup.com/tbm/article/...
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Scale-up influences and definitions of scale-up ‘success’: evidence from globally scaled interventions
Influences on scale-up and definitions of scale-up ‘success’ that include scaling inputs, outputs, outcomes, and context.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 08/02/2025
A study found people with coronary artery disease saw improved health outcomes after committing to the workout for 12 weeks.
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Nordic Walking Can Improve Your Heart Function. Here's How It Works.
A study found people with coronary artery disease saw improved health outcomes after committing to the workout for 12 weeks.
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Dr Sarah Gauci @sarahgauci.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Excited to share our systematic review exploring gender-based disparities in the healthcare experiences of people living with coronary heart disease. Led by Helen Brown, Dr. James Lucas and Rachel Huxley. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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A systematic review of healthcare experiences of women and men living with coronary heart disease - npj Women's Health
npj Women's Health - A systematic review of healthcare experiences of women and men living with coronary heart disease
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Mark Tully @markatully.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity Intensity Cut-Points for Hip-, Wrist-, Thigh-, and Lower Back Worn Accelerometer in Very Old Adults onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity Intensity Cut‐Points for Hip‐, Wrist‐, Thigh‐, and Lower Back Worn Accelerometer in Very Old Adults
Physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of negative mental and physical health outcomes in older adults. Traditionally, PA intensity is classified using METs, with 1 MET equal to 3.5 mL O2·min−1·kg−1...
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Nikos Ntoumanis @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This is an interesting study on the implementation of a national programme to train and support healthcare professionals in brief behavioural interventions, bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>British Journal of Health Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Objectives Behaviour change interventions offered opportunistically by healthcare professionals can support patient health behaviour change. The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme in Irelan.....
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Chloë Williamson @chloewilliamson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Oh.. and if you want some evidence to support this you could start here 😉: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Get the message? A scoping review of physical activity messaging - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Background Understanding how to create and deliver effective physical activity (PA) messages for and to various population subgroups may play a role in increasing population PA levels. This scoping re...
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Chloë Williamson @chloewilliamson.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Yes! This! Guidelines are for us (researchers), not for the public. Physical activity messages should forget the threshold and promote short term/immediate benefits - and these usually relate to social and mental health! ✨ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘Just do something you enjoy!’ Have official targets made exercise a chore – and happiness more elusive?
We all know roughly how many minutes we should be spending getting sweaty every week, thanks to repeated messages from national governments and the World Health Organization. When it comes to mental h...
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Alexis Lion @alexislion.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
#Physical #activity promotion in #healthcare settings #HEPAEurope: Mobile Health delivered physical activity after mild stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Is it feasible and acceptable? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39800974/
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Mobile Health delivered physical activity after mild stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Is it feasible and acceptable? - PubMed
ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05111951)Keywords: physical activity, mHealth, stroke, TIA, feasibility.
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John Dodson MD @drdodson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
www.tctmd.com/news/mobile-... #CardioSky
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Mobile Health for Cardiac Rehab Doesn’t Aid Older Adults With CVD: RESILIENT
An app-based program failed to boost function for most at 3 months, but positive signs were seen in women and after CABG.
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Journal of Physical Activity & Health @jpahjournal.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
How much leisure-time #PhysicalActivity (LTPA) benefits stroke survivors the most? A recent study sheds light on the dose–response relationship between LTPA and all-cause mortality in stroke survivors. 🔗 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0287 #StrokeSurvivors #PublicHealth
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Dr Anastasia S Mihailidou PhD FAHA FCSANZ FESC @anastasiasmihaili.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Exciting @ahascience.bsky.social @ahajournals.bsky.social #Circulation & further evidence #ExerciseIsMedicine #JustMove Device-Measured 24-Hour Movt Behaviors & #BloodPressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Blood Pressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium | Circulation
BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP)–lowering effects of structured exercise are well-established. Effects of 24-hour movement behaviors captured in free-living settings have received less attention. This ...
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ISBNPA @isbnpa.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
New #IJBNPA umbrella review and meta-analysis about the effectiveness of #DigitalInterventions to increase #PhysicalActivity in older adults! #HealthyAging Check this out 👇 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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ISBNPA @isbnpa.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New #IJBNPA publication examined the 24-hour #MovementBehavior of people with first-ever stroke, its types and transitions using a person-centered approach! #StrokeRecovery Check this out 👉 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Nikos Ntoumanis @nikosntoumanis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine; www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine - Nature Medicine
Studies from wearables show that even small doses of physical activity provide health benefits; guidelines should be updated to reflect this.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
“A 5-year study of 263K U.K. commuters, published in the British Medical Journal in 2017, found regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%, and the incidence of cancer and heart disease by 45% and 46% respectively. Other large-scale studies have found similar.” Via @CarltonReid.com
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18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death
Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.
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Nicole Freene @nicolefreene.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
In people with #CHD health professionals recommend they achieve the public health #physicalactivity guidelines for secondary prevention BUT should they do more or less to ⬇️ their risk of a repeat 💔 or premature death??? 🧵
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