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Wow, they must be quite desperate at IJERPH now to even make the rather out of character move to financially compensate their editors 👇🏼. Although their offer is not nearly close to the amount required to compensate my actual costs (@450Movement)

My thesis is finally publicly available‼️ I know people don’t read theses anymore 😅 BUT if you are interested: doi.org/10.14264/fb040… I had a great time writing it (overall 😅)! I share personal reflections (2nd picture), so be prepared: this is not a common physio thesis 🙂

This one never gets old. Annoying? Yes - but old? No.

Hey Bart Cillekens, this looks like our paper

"All co-authors read and approved the final manuscript"

I am pleased to announce that our systematic review on the (cost-)effectiveness of combined lifestyle interventions for people with persistent low-back pain who are overweight or obese has been published. Open access available: linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S… 1/2

When a large team comes together for a Systematic Review, you hope it’s a prelude to something much bigger. Stay tuned, but for now: Open Access via MSKPhysioJournal: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37167807/ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (inactief) Amsterdam UMC Griffith University Erasmus University JointResearch OLVG University of Sydney

Elsevier is losing editors

Wie komt er bij ons werken op dit interessante project in samenwerking met Arbo Unie? Met Erwin Speklé en anderen bij Amsterdam Public Health research institute, AmsterdamMovementSciences, Amsterdam UMC. werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/nl/vacatures/r…

Revealed: the millions of dollars in time wasted making papers fit journal guidelines The high cost of ‘reformatting’ prompts a call for journals to change their requirements. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Column | Wetenschappers blijken net mensen. Aartsconservatief - NRC nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/06…

Useful reminder that effect sizes at small Ns are not stable, and thus are not appropriate for approximating the population ES, and thus for power analyses For this reason, small N pilot studies generally shouldn't be used for power analyses r-bloggers.com/2020/01/on-the…

Interesting study showing how little real data there is for GBD MSK estimates pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37325175/ Institute for Musculoskeletal Health

Original study, positive result. N=101; cited 563 times (20 times in 2023 post retraction) Replication study, null result. N=3,232,430; cited 47 times (4 times in 2023) A replication 3000x more powerful is <1x as influential.

A really nice and extremely useful paper on tools for #systematicreview 🔽 shorturl.at/oVW02

There continues to be so much fear around exercise (and even movement) participation😢😢😢 Those of us who are patient/public facing must do a better job at every contact to dispel (and not exacerbate) exercise misconceptions! #strongerwithage DOI: 10.22540/JFSF-08-094

Physical activity interventions delivered or prompted by health professionals in primary care may increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. 🧵This is how 👇 #physicalactivity #health #longevity #primarycare bmj.com/content/376/bm…

Modifications of 24-h movement behaviors to prevent obesity in retirement: a natural experiment using compositional data analysis Kristin Suorsa et al. doi.org/10.1038/s41366…

Academia can be a tough gig. This is particularly true for early career researchers (ECRs) in Australia (and elsewhere). “Why do ECRs tolerate these work conditions? Because an oversupply of PhD graduates means tough competition for jobs, and that when ECRs are worn out they