Nicole Freene
@nicolefreene.bsky.social
Physiotherapist. Professor @UniCanberra Passionate about increasing our physical activity levels for primary & secondary prevention of chronic disease
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Nicole Freene
@nicolefreene.bsky.social
· Jan 10
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???
🧵
BUT
should they do more or less to ⬇️ their risk of a repeat 💔 or premature death???
🧵
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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...
Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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...
Read ASPA’s call to action here: aspactivity.org/advocacy/a-c...
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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
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
Current Issue Table of Contents: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
onlinecjc.ca
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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
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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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
@dioncandelaria.bsky.social Tune in to hear insightful conversations and perspectives on global cardiovascular rehab & more: buzzsprout.com/2418376/epis...
#letstalkICCPR
March 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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
@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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📢 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...
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...
February 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 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...
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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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 :-)
What's the impact of tobacco control been in Australia? Oxford's Sir Richard Peto crunched the data 1950-2005. Even better now with smoking at record low in adults + kids simonchapman6.com/2024/10/02/a...
February 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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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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/...
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/...
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.
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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/...
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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A study found people with coronary artery disease saw improved health outcomes after committing to the workout for 12 weeks.
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.
www.huffpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A study found people with coronary artery disease saw improved health outcomes after committing to the workout for 12 weeks.
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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...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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
www.nature.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Thrilled to share our Canadian Medical Association Journal article published today! Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults.
It is never too late to be physically active (or to my healthcare provider colleagues - to prescribe it).
Free link:
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
It is never too late to be physically active (or to my healthcare provider colleagues - to prescribe it).
Free link:
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults
KEY POINTS
Canada is poised to become a “super-aged” country in 2025, when at least 20% of the nation’s population will be aged 65 years and older; furthermore, over the next 2 decades the number of p...
www.cmaj.ca
January 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Thrilled to share our Canadian Medical Association Journal article published today! Move more, age well: prescribing physical activity for older adults.
It is never too late to be physically active (or to my healthcare provider colleagues - to prescribe it).
Free link:
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
It is never too late to be physically active (or to my healthcare provider colleagues - to prescribe it).
Free link:
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
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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 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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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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/...
<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.....
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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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Oh.. and if you want some evidence to support this you could start here 😉: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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...
ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Oh.. and if you want some evidence to support this you could start here 😉: ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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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...
‘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...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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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#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/
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.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#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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Reposted by Nicole Freene
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
🔗 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0287
#StrokeSurvivors #PublicHealth
January 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
🔗 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0287
#StrokeSurvivors #PublicHealth
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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/...
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/...
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 ...
www.ahajournals.org
January 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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/...
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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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....
Check this out 👇 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
January 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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....
Check this out 👇 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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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....
Check this out 👉 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
January 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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....
Check this out 👉 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine; www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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.
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine; www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“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
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.
www.forbes.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“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
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???
🧵
BUT
should they do more or less to ⬇️ their risk of a repeat 💔 or premature death???
🧵
January 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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???
🧵
BUT
should they do more or less to ⬇️ their risk of a repeat 💔 or premature death???
🧵