National Strength and Conditioning Association Position Statement on Long-Term Athletic Development

While ideas from long-term athlete development (LTAD) models have been adopted and integrated across different sports, issues related to early specialization, such as increased risk of injury and burnout, are still common. Although some benefits may be associated with early sport specialization, sports sampling is purported to be a more effective approach to the long-term health and wellbeing of children. Furthermore, the concept of developing what are commonly referred to as “fundamental movement skills” (FMS) is central to the rationale for delaying single sports specialization. However, in place of sports sampling, it appears that the practice of strength and conditioning (S&C) has become a driving force behind developmental models for youth athletes, highlighted by the growing body of literature regarding youth athletic development training. In this perspective piece, we explore how conventional S&C practice may insufficiently develop FMS because typically, it only emphasizes a narrow range of foundational exercises that serve a limited role toward the development of action capabilities in youth athletic populations. We further discuss how this approach may limit the transferability of physical qualities, such as muscular strength, to sports-specific tasks. Through an ecological dynamics lens, and using basketball as an example, we explore the potential for parkour-based activity within the LTAD of youth basketball players. We propose parkour as a training modality to not only encourage movement diversity and adaptability, but also as part of an advanced strength training strategy for the transfer of conventional S&C training.

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American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery position statement on long-term survival benefit after metabolic and bariatric surgery

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases ◽

10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.021 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 453-459 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Julie Kim ◽

Dan Eisenberg ◽

Dan Azagury ◽

Ann Rogers ◽

Guilherme M. Campos

Keyword(s):

Bariatric Surgery ◽

Survival Benefit ◽

Position Statement ◽

Term Survival ◽

Long Term Survival ◽

American Society ◽

Metabolic And Bariatric Surgery

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The Live Oak Project Endorsement of the Position Statement from the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association ◽

10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.038 ◽

2021 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeff Jerebker ◽

Barry Barkan ◽

Rose Marie Fagan

Keyword(s):

Long Term Care ◽

Position Statement ◽

Term Care ◽

Live Oak

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Training Practices of Academy Rugby League and their Alignment to Physical Qualities Deemed Important for Current and Future Performance

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ◽

10.1177/1747954120924905 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 512-525 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sam McCormack ◽

Ben Jones ◽

Kevin Till

Keyword(s):

Training Session ◽

Rugby League ◽

Maximum Speed ◽

Reference Source ◽

Strength And Conditioning ◽

Career Longevity ◽

Change Of Direction ◽

Future Performance ◽

Development Plans ◽

Athletic Development

This study aimed to investigate rugby league coaches’ perceptions of physical qualities for current and future performance, while also establishing the training practices of under-16 and under-19 players. Twenty-four practitioners (rugby coach, strength and conditioning coach) working within nine Super League clubs completed a questionnaire. The questionnaire required practitioners to rank eleven physical qualities (i.e. strength, power, acceleration, maximum speed, aerobic endurance, change of direction, agility, height, body mass, lean mass and fat mass) by importance for current performance, future performance and career longevity according to playing position (forwards, backs, hookers and halves). Practitioners were asked to provide detail on the frequency and duration of each type of training session completed during a typical week throughout each phase of the season; pre-season, in-season (early), in-season (mid) and in-season (late). Typically, practitioners ranked strength, power and acceleration qualities highest, and endurance and anthropometric qualities lowest. The importance of physical qualities varied according to each playing level and position. Training practices of under-16 and under-19 players differed during each phase of the season, with under-19 players undertaking greater training volumes than under-16s players. Overall, the physical qualities coaches perceived as most important were not reflected within their training practices. Rugby league practitioners can use this information as a reference source to design long term athletic development plans, prescribe training and during player development procedures. Moreover, these data can inform and improve training practices while influencing the design of pre-season preparatory phases and in-season periods.

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ABCD position statement on risk stratification of adult patients with diabetes during COVID-19 pandemic

British Journal of Diabetes ◽

10.15277/bjd.2021.282 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dinesh Nagi ◽

Emma Wilmot ◽

Karissa Owen ◽

Dipesh Patel ◽

Lesley Mills ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diabetes Care ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Position Statement ◽

Specialist Care ◽

Long Term Conditions ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Long Term Impact ◽

The Uk

At the time of submission of this manuscript, the COVID-19 pandemic had cost nearly 60,000 lives in the UK. This number currently stands at over 120,000 deaths. A high proportion (one third) of these lived with diabetes. The huge acute and emergency medicine effort to support people with COVID-19 has had a major knock-on impact on the delivery of routine clinical care, especially for long-term conditions like diabetes.Challenges to the delivery of diabetes services during this period include a reduction in medical and nursing staff, limitations placed by social distancing on physical clinical space, and balancing virtual vs face-to-face care. There is a need to re-group and re-organise how we deliver routine out-patient adult diabetes services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We offer some suggestions for how patients can be stratified into red (urgent), amber (priority) and green (routine) follow up with suggestions of how often people should be seen. We also offer recommendation on how we can identify those at highest risk and try and minimise the long- term impact of COVID on diabetes careDuring the COVID pandemic we have seen things happen in days that previously took years. The restart of diabetes services has triggered a more widespread use of virtual consultations and data management systems, but also offers an opportunity for more joined-up and cohesive working between primary and specialist care. While we do our best to keep our patients and colleagues safe, this pandemic is already proving to be a catalyst for change, accelerating the appropriate use of technology in diabetes care and implementing innovative solutions. To achieve this aspiration, further work – currently led by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists in collaboration with Diabetes UK and the Primary Care Diabetes Society – to make recommendations on future proofing diabetes care in UK is in progress.

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