Physical Activity As Medicine: Time To Translate Evidence Into Clinical Practice
Physical Activity As Medicine: Time To Translate Evidence Into Clinical Practice
Physical Activity As Medicine: Time To Translate Evidence Into Clinical Practice
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recommendations for physical activity in diseases and conditions within cardiovascular and metabolic medicine, psychiatry, orthopaedics, neurology, gastrointestinal medicine, nephrology, rheumatology, pulmonary medicine and more. The handbook is especially tailored to help health professionals prescribe physical activity. The method is currently used by well over half of all general practice units in Sweden; our international colleagues see no reason why that should not be the case in many parts of the world. The book (in English) is available for personal use from http:// www.fyss.se as a pdf-le.
Acknowledgements M-LH is Board Member and CJS is chair of Professional Associations for Physical Activity, a sub-association of the Sports Medicine section of the Swedish Society of Medicine Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed. Accepted 20 January 2011 Br J Sports Med 2011;45:158. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2011.084244
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There is an urgent need to spread new evidence on physical activity as well as evidence on how to promote physical activity. Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease, featured on the cover of this issue of BJSM, is a comprehensive handbook recently translated from Swedish.8 This tool for healthcare professionals summarises the up-to-date scientic knowledge on how to prevent and treat various diseases and conditions using physical activity. The book covers most areas of disease where physical activity has a documented effect. By combining recommendations on suitable exercise activities with a description of the potential risks of physical activity for various patient groups, the handbook provides a valuable resource for anyone working with physical activity and health. The handbook consists of 47 chapters. Fourteen of these address general aspects such as the effects of physical activity, how to motivate individuals, how to assess and control physical activity and chapters on physical activity for paediatric, pregnant and older populations. The other 33 chapters address the effects of and
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of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to Mai-Lis Hellnius, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna 17176 Stockholm, Sweden; [email protected]
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