The 10 Most Discussed Pieces of Research in Manual Therapy this Month [Infographic]

Co-Kinetic and alternative research metrics company Altmetric, have joined forces to bring you a live infographic of the most discussed pieces of research relevant to manual/massage therapy each month. The latest month is viewable below. You can also view data previous months by registering an account below. We also do the same for sports medicine which you can find at this link.

December 2016

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	The Impact of Massage Therapy on Function in Pain Populations—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials: Part I, Patients Experiencing Pain in the General Population	1
	The Impact of Massage Therapy on Function in Pain Populations—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials: Part II, Cancer Pain Populations	2
	Massage Therapy Attenuates Inflammatory Signalling After Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage	3
	Rotator cuff related shoulder pain: Assessment, management and uncertainties	4
	Exercise therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Innovation by altering pain memories	5
	The Mechanisms of Manual Therapy in the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Comprehensive Model	6
	Is thoracic spine posture associated with shoulder pain, range of motion and function? A systematic review	7
	Do Manual Therapies Help Low Back Pain? A Comparative Effectiveness Meta-analysis	8
	Cortisol decreases and serotonin and dopamine increase following massage therapy.	9
	Barriers to treatment adherence in physiotherapy outpatient clinics: a systematic review.	10

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The 10 Most Discussed Pieces of Research in Sports Medicine this Month [Infographic]

Co-Kinetic and alternative research metrics company Altmetric, have joined forces to bring you a live infographic of the most discussed pieces of research relevant to sports medicine each month. The latest month is viewable below. You can also view data previous months by registering an account below. We also do the same for the topic of manual/massage therapy which you can find at this link.

December 2016

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	Physical activity prescription: a critical opportunity to address a modifiable risk factor for the prevention and management of chronic disease: a position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine	1
	Psychological factors are associated with the outcome of physiotherapy for people with shoulder pain: a multicentre longitudinal cohort study	2
	Effect of early supervised physiotherapy on recovery from acute ankle sprain: randomised controlled trial	3
	Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the overtraining syndrome: joint consensus statement of the European college of sport science and the american college of sports medicine	4
	Barriers to treatment adherence in physiotherapy outpatient clinics: a systematic review	5
	Enhance placebo, avoid nocebo: how contextual factors affect physiotherapy outcomes	6
	The evidence base for orthopaedics and sports medicine	7
	Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes The American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes Association: joint position statement	8
	Economic evaluation favours physiotherapy but not corticosteroid injection as a first-line intervention for chronic lateral epicondylalgia: evidence from a randomised clinical trial	9
	Physiotherapy for pain: a meta-epidemiological study of randomised trials	10

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Almetric and Co-Kinetic Infographics

Co-Kinetic and alternative research metrics company Altmetric, have joined forces to bring you new infographics covering the topics relevant to our content and audience. In each issue of the quarterly journal we publish beautiful professionally produced infographics covering the most discussed pieces of research relevant to physical therapy and manual/massage therapy. Each month we produce a monthly roundup. This article explains the significance of the Altmetric badge and how it is constructed and calculated.

The 10 Most Discussed Pieces of Research in Sports Medicine: Oct-Dec 2016 [Infographic]

Co-Kinetic and alternative research metrics company Altmetric, have joined forces to bring you a new infographic covering the most discussed pieces of research relevant to sports medicine between October and December 2016.

The full version of this piece of content includes a PDF infographic with links to each individual piece of the original research and access to the full set of data, including over 3500 articles with all the accompanying publicity mentions. This article is included in the full site subscription.

• We also publish The 10 Most Discussed Pieces of Research in Sports Therapy Each Month. This is an open access piece of content accessible through a free registered account and is updated monthly. Click here to view the monthly version.

Question: How Great Were Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics? Answer: This Great! [Infographic]

A graphic visualisation of just how well Team GB performed across the board at Rio 2016. Of the 25 sports that we participated in we made the podium for 76% of those. The infographic also looks at the role of investment in our success with some eye-watering numbers that will make for an interesting 'water cooler' chat on Monday morning :-)