Scottish Executive – Physical Activity Strategy (2003)
In 2003, the Scottish Executive published its 10 year physical activity strategy for all ages. Click here to download the document.
Scottish Executive – All Our Futures (2007)
The Scottish Executive published their strategy for an ageing population in three volumes. Click the links below to view each resource.
DWP – Building a society for all ages (2009)
The Department of Work and Pensions produced this Strategy Document, click here to view.
DoH -Be Active Be Healthy (2009)
In 2009, the Department of Health issued this Strategy Document for the UK. Click here to download.
Code of Practice – REPS instructors
This document gives the Codes of Practice of Instructors registered with REPS, Click here to download.
Review – Exercise to prevent falls – Sherrington (2008)
In 2008, Sherrington et al published a systematic review of over 100 exercise programmes to prevent falls. In a nutshell, they found that successful intervention had to have 3 things in place: a dose of over 50 hours highly challenging balance training (narrowing base of support, reducing holding support, dynamic as well as static balance…
SportEx
SportEx – The journals that bring to life the medicine behind sport and physical activity. This hopefully will come as a surprise to those of you who don’t know us personally but sportEX is run from a house in a little residential street in Wimbledon. It started out with just me, quickly joined by Alexa,…
Fitness Professionals
Fitness Professionals is the largest and most respected association for fitness industry professionals in the world, with over 75,000 members. No matter what your specialist area – group fitness, resistance training, kids, management, personal training, seniors, sales or aqua – FitPro has the programmes, publications, products and services you need to succeed. Click here to…
American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Update to Stroke Guidelines 2008
Update to the AHA/ASA Recommendations for the Prevention of Stroke in
Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack.
Click here to download.
Cochrane Review: Interventions for post-stroke fatigue (2009)
Cochrane Review: Interventions for post-stroke fatigue
McGeough et al. 2009
Click here to download full Review
McGeough et al Cochrane fatigue in stroke 2009 Summary to download Summary