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Video games-based interventions for health promotion: can those be the future for exercises?

Mandy Kaur

In general, we all have played some sort of video games in our childhood. Some games even managed to keep us glued to screens for hours as adults. While the games were largely designed for children in the beginning, they have gradually moved to cover all demographics....

Patients’ experiences of living with ACL reconstructed knee

Mandy Kaur

We already know that anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is one of the most debilitating injuries in sport. Individuals undergo ACL reconstruction (ACLR) surgery for various reasons such as, to improve stability of the knee, to return to their pre-injury level of...

Exercise can control your blood pressure

Suranga Dassanayake

It is a well-known fact that exercise is good for physical and mental well-being. Exercise is considered a ‘medicine’ (Exercise is Medicine Australia, 2014), and is highly recommended for the management of hypertension (high blood pressure) (Weber et al., 2014;...

How well do we measure pain and physical functions in people with diabetic nerve pain?

Poonam Mehta

Diabetes is a serious complex health condition and can affect the entire body. Although diabetes can be managed well, the complications are still a challenge for the patients and health caregivers. The complications include heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, limb...

Video games-based interventions for health promotion: can those be the future for exercises?

Patients’ experiences of living with ACL reconstructed knee

Exercise can control your blood pressure

﻿How well do we measure pain and physical functions in people with diabetic nerve pain?

How well do we measure pain and physical functions in people with diabetic nerve pain?