Rod Whiteley

Physiotherapist at Aspetar Sports Medicine Hospital, terrible baseball player.

[Rod Whiteley @RodWhiteley]

I get asked a bit about hand held dynos for physiotherapy practice
Here's 8 points you might look for if you are thinking of buying one
YMMV

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@jpmckenna15 @NateSilver538 Bullshit. I've lived here for 16 years. The stadium cooling worked before I got here and they play year round

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@OswaldPer4mance @CacheM0ney @WelBeast 6,500 people died in Qatar *of any cause* during the 10 years stadia were constructed at 0.4/1000, there's been no change in rates from before world cup awarded or the years since. The ILO identified 50 deaths total - fall from heights & traffic accidents main causes

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@MikeReiman Shame this one in IJSPT missed out https://t.co/xrKRDICgdN
(n=61, 18-61yo, ICC(2,1) = 0.976 [0.97 to 0.98], mean (SD) of force was 1254.1N (276.1N), 1.58 bodyweights (0.29BW) and 15.54 (2.83) N/kg, mean difference: -6.30N [95%CI -21.44 to 8.85N])

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@MooseAllain I can't imagine how you are feeling @MooseAllain
This is such awful news. You guys have given me, and many others I'm sure, so much happiness.

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@MyPhysioTX Sorry about that - copy/paste from BlueSky where I spend more time since things went south here.
Here's the link: https://t.co/YyzYe6uhYE

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Don't come on here much anymore, but this is worth it.
All things bone stress injury latest Aspetar Journal here: https://t.co/5Q7VfW2pk0 always, free, open access, no catch etc.
1 highlight for me is Evan Jeanguyot's Return to running after bone stress injury in runners:

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@mbeisen The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing https://t.co/PmO5E4To6E

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@mbeisen Scientific Publishers enshittified our journals long, long before Cory Doctorow coined the term.

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@mbeisen The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing https://t.co/PmO5E4To6E

[Roald Bahr @RoaldBahr]

RT! If you are a physician working with an African NOC, here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: IOC Advanced Courses for NOC Team Physicians, Dakar, Senegal, Nov 3-8 2025. If you qualify, IOC covers all costs! Two (1M/1F) from each country. Translation English/French.

[Roald Bahr @RoaldBahr]

RT! Si vous êtes médecin travaillant avec un CNO africain, voici une opportunité unique : Cours Avancés du CIO pour les Médecins d'Équipe des CNO, Dakar, Sénégal, 3-8 novembre 2025. Si vous remplissez les conditions, le CIO couvre tous les frais ! Deux (1H/1F) par pays. Angl./fr.

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Tagging @PEDro_database to alert the DiTA guys

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Trying to pool data from diagnostic studies means knowing the raw data, but that's not always given.
This app lets you enter what is given, and it titerates through all possibilities to give you most likely candidates: try to break it for me please: https://t.co/JJDnZHfhKg

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I said pressure pain thresholds were a bust - statistically we had an increase at the site of pain (not at Tib ant on the same leg or the elbow) but I think this effect is pretty small when you look at the raw data, & maybe down to this group starting a wee bit lower

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I really thought BFR analgesia was placebo so we did a sham-controlled crossover RCT (ant knee pain) https://t.co/oyhzFuGr8J
Seems like there's something "real" there, not related to sensitisation (pressure-pain was a bust)
When you need "real" strengthening but can't-good option

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@ActivateGlutes @kcrehabguy Markers *and* physical measures like pain, strength, range of motion function.
Deserves another look Tony.
RCT on real muscle injuries starting any day now to see if it's the same in the real world as well as these isokinetic +e-stim induced injuries.

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@Mortenstergaar7 @CappyS28 @BJSM_BMJ Hand held Dynamometer in mid range for everyone, then if we are looking for range specific differences we use the isokinetic device

[Marcelo Bordalo @MarceloBordalo]

Truly inspiring! Congratulations, @enda_king, the Rehab team, and @Aspetar for organizing such a remarkable and impactful event. Well done!

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@ChloefromC @PhillipAdams_1 He says everything twice

[Marco Cardinale @Marco_Cardinale]

Muscle regeneration masterclass from Michael Kjaer #AspetarIRC2024