Publications by authors named "D Mockler"

Background: Integrated multidisciplinary care is required to manage the progressive and debilitating symptoms associated with motor neurone disease. Professionals can find providing the level of care required by this population clinically and emotionally challenging. To support those working with these patients it is important to understand the experience of the entire multidisciplinary team involved and the impact of working with motor neurone disease on their emotional and psychological well-being.

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Background: Physical activity is essential for youth physical and mental health, yet just 15% of adolescent girls versus 22% of adolescent boys worldwide meet the World Health Organization guideline of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day. As activity patterns established in adolescence often persist into adulthood, there is a looming risk of adverse health outcomes due to insufficient physical activity. A persistent challenge faced by physical activity providers, however, is recruiting adolescent girls into their programmes.

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Background: Hypertension remains one of the most important modifiable risk factors for stroke and heart disease. Anti-hypertensive medications are effective, but are often not used to maximum benefit. Sub-optimal dosing by prescribers and challenges with medication-taking for patients remain barriers to effective blood pressure control.

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  • Bike positional configuration significantly impacts cycling performance, especially with a focus on saddle height optimization.
  • A systematic review analyzed 47 out of 16,578 studies, revealing that most studies rated poorly in quality, with only 5 deemed fair.
  • Key findings highlighted the importance of saddle height, trunk angle, and saddle fore-aft position, while no clear recommendations were made for other positional variables like crank length and handlebar height.
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