Rafael Mesquita
@rafaelmesquita14.bsky.social
Adjunct Professor at @ufcinforma Physiotherapy researcher with focus on physical functioning in
respiratory diseases.
respiratory diseases.
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'Physiotherapists are central to bone health, helping with prevention, diagnosis and long-term management through strength, balance and functional rehabilitation. This care should be standard for everyone, everywhere.’ Sara Hazzard CSP
Vital role of physiotherapy in supporting bone health is recognised
The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on osteoporosis and bone health inquiry report looks at the consequences of long-term osteoporosis care breaking down.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
'Physiotherapists are central to bone health, helping with prevention, diagnosis and long-term management through strength, balance and functional rehabilitation. This care should be standard for everyone, everywhere.’ Sara Hazzard CSP
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✉️ EDITORIAL: An Important Step Towards Better Health Management for People With COPD
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on recent research:
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on recent research:
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<em>Respirology</em> | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal | Wiley Online Library
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January 23, 2026 at 1:00 AM
✉️ EDITORIAL: An Important Step Towards Better Health Management for People With COPD
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on recent research:
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on recent research:
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🤝 Members of the @erworldphysio.bsky.social Cancer Working Group were invited to participate in EP.83 of the Physiotutors podcast to discuss physiotherapist-led exercise in #CancerCare.
Don't miss it! ➡️ Link in comments
Don't miss it! ➡️ Link in comments
January 22, 2026 at 12:13 PM
🤝 Members of the @erworldphysio.bsky.social Cancer Working Group were invited to participate in EP.83 of the Physiotutors podcast to discuss physiotherapist-led exercise in #CancerCare.
Don't miss it! ➡️ Link in comments
Don't miss it! ➡️ Link in comments
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Clinical reflection isn't optional, it's essential for quality healthcare 🎯
But how do you reflect effectively? Physiopedia breaks down proven frameworks to transform your practice.
FREE resource: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Clinical_Reflection
#ReflectivePractice #Physiotherapy #CPD
But how do you reflect effectively? Physiopedia breaks down proven frameworks to transform your practice.
FREE resource: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Clinical_Reflection
#ReflectivePractice #Physiotherapy #CPD
January 19, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Clinical reflection isn't optional, it's essential for quality healthcare 🎯
But how do you reflect effectively? Physiopedia breaks down proven frameworks to transform your practice.
FREE resource: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Clinical_Reflection
#ReflectivePractice #Physiotherapy #CPD
But how do you reflect effectively? Physiopedia breaks down proven frameworks to transform your practice.
FREE resource: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Clinical_Reflection
#ReflectivePractice #Physiotherapy #CPD
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We are working with SIGN to develop a brand-new guideline focusing on specialist interventions for patients with severe asthma
Read the draft scope and have your say 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/SIGNdraft25
Deadline: Wednesday 14th January 2026
Read the draft scope and have your say 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/SIGNdraft25
Deadline: Wednesday 14th January 2026
December 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are working with SIGN to develop a brand-new guideline focusing on specialist interventions for patients with severe asthma
Read the draft scope and have your say 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/SIGNdraft25
Deadline: Wednesday 14th January 2026
Read the draft scope and have your say 👉 brit-thoracic.uk/SIGNdraft25
Deadline: Wednesday 14th January 2026
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🆕 Webinar on demand! Economic Footprint: The Role of Physiotherapy in the Economic System
This webinar kicks off the upcoming @ERWorldPhysio social media campaign #PTEconomicFootprint.
👀 Watch it now and stay tuned!⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
This webinar kicks off the upcoming @ERWorldPhysio social media campaign #PTEconomicFootprint.
👀 Watch it now and stay tuned!⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
Europe Region | Webinar on demand! Economic Footprint: The Role of Physiotherapy in the Economic System | Europe Region of World Physiotherapy
The Europe Region of World Physiotherapy held a webinar for its Member Organisations highlighting the profession’s impact on economic systems.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🆕 Webinar on demand! Economic Footprint: The Role of Physiotherapy in the Economic System
This webinar kicks off the upcoming @ERWorldPhysio social media campaign #PTEconomicFootprint.
👀 Watch it now and stay tuned!⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
This webinar kicks off the upcoming @ERWorldPhysio social media campaign #PTEconomicFootprint.
👀 Watch it now and stay tuned!⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
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ERJ Open Research: Uncontrolled COPD patients show higher mortality, and shorter time to exacerbation or death than controlled patients. Each exacerbation successively increases recurrence risk, leaving patients to worsen without alternative treatments. https://bit.ly/3YzHEKy
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ERJ Open Research: Uncontrolled COPD patients show higher mortality, and shorter time to exacerbation or death than controlled patients. Each exacerbation successively increases recurrence risk, leaving patients to worsen without alternative treatments. https://bit.ly/3YzHEKy
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Effectiveness of Active Video Games as a Training Tool in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial
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December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Effectiveness of Active Video Games as a Training Tool in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial
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AI-based analytics of bronchiectasis research highlights evolving trends and emerging priorities, and reveals an expanding research landscape that is shifting from disease to patient centricity, which is in early development compared to asthma and COPD https://bit.ly/3J82wUc
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
AI-based analytics of bronchiectasis research highlights evolving trends and emerging priorities, and reveals an expanding research landscape that is shifting from disease to patient centricity, which is in early development compared to asthma and COPD https://bit.ly/3J82wUc
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LLMs and AI remain one of the largest and fast-growing topics in medicine, affecting education, assessment, patient safety, and training.
This Scholarly episode focuses on potential opportunities, risks, and implications for training programs.
🎧 Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/1df15de3
This Scholarly episode focuses on potential opportunities, risks, and implications for training programs.
🎧 Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/1df15de3
Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education | Scholarly: Conversations on Medical Education from the ATS | Episode 67
Dr. Nitin Seam chats with Dr. Sara Murray and Dr. Avraham Cooper about their articles, "Large Language Models and Medical Education: Preparing for a Rapid Transformation in How Trainees Will Learn to ...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
LLMs and AI remain one of the largest and fast-growing topics in medicine, affecting education, assessment, patient safety, and training.
This Scholarly episode focuses on potential opportunities, risks, and implications for training programs.
🎧 Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/1df15de3
This Scholarly episode focuses on potential opportunities, risks, and implications for training programs.
🎧 Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/1df15de3
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⚧️ A recent piece in #PTJournal shares the perspective that physical therapists should be the preferred provider for transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals who bind their chests.
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Chest Binding and the Role of the Physical Therapist: A Commitment to Care
Abstract. Transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse (TNBGD) individuals experience significant inequities in health, access to health care, and participat
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December 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
⚧️ A recent piece in #PTJournal shares the perspective that physical therapists should be the preferred provider for transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse individuals who bind their chests.
academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-...
academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-...
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Can Patient Education Lead the Way? Head-To-Head Comparison of EXACT and CERT for Early Recognition of Acute COPD Exacerbations
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December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Can Patient Education Lead the Way? Head-To-Head Comparison of EXACT and CERT for Early Recognition of Acute COPD Exacerbations
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🗞️ Weekly news round up!
🔹 GOLD #COPD report: 2026 update written by Priya Venkatesan
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Check out our round up of the major updates in this year's Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease #GOLD strategy report.
🔹 GOLD #COPD report: 2026 update written by Priya Venkatesan
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Check out our round up of the major updates in this year's Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease #GOLD strategy report.
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🗞️ Weekly news round up!
🔹 GOLD #COPD report: 2026 update written by Priya Venkatesan
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Check out our round up of the major updates in this year's Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease #GOLD strategy report.
🔹 GOLD #COPD report: 2026 update written by Priya Venkatesan
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Check out our round up of the major updates in this year's Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease #GOLD strategy report.
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Prevalence and# Spirometric Transitions of #PRISm and Obstruction: A Population-Based Study
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Prevalence and# Spirometric Transitions of #PRISm and Obstruction: A Population-Based Study
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🆕 Webinar on Demand! Connecting Physiotherapy and the Sustainable Development Goals - Roundtable
The webinar of @erworldphysio.bsky.social in collaboration with EPA involved physiotherapists interested in #SustainableDevelopmentGoals.
Watch it now! ⤵️
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The webinar of @erworldphysio.bsky.social in collaboration with EPA involved physiotherapists interested in #SustainableDevelopmentGoals.
Watch it now! ⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
Europe Region | Webinar on demand! Connecting Physiotherapy and the Sustainable Development Goals - Roundtable | Europe Region of World Physiotherapy
The webinar of the Europe Region of World Physiotherapy in collaboration with EPA involved physiotherapists interested in Sustainable Development Goals.
www.erwcpt.eu
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🆕 Webinar on Demand! Connecting Physiotherapy and the Sustainable Development Goals - Roundtable
The webinar of @erworldphysio.bsky.social in collaboration with EPA involved physiotherapists interested in #SustainableDevelopmentGoals.
Watch it now! ⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
The webinar of @erworldphysio.bsky.social in collaboration with EPA involved physiotherapists interested in #SustainableDevelopmentGoals.
Watch it now! ⤵️
www.erwcpt.eu/news/europe-...
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🗨️ EDITORIAL: Towards Better Recognition of COPD Exacerbations With Patient-Centred Reporting Tools
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
on recent research:
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on recent research:
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December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🗨️ EDITORIAL: Towards Better Recognition of COPD Exacerbations With Patient-Centred Reporting Tools
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
on recent research:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
on recent research:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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ERR: Electronic cigarettes pose respiratory risks, including inflammation and airway damage. This review summarises cell, animal and human studies, emphasising the need for standardised research to clarify their long-term impact on respiratory health. https://bit.ly/47EYk8E
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ERR: Electronic cigarettes pose respiratory risks, including inflammation and airway damage. This review summarises cell, animal and human studies, emphasising the need for standardised research to clarify their long-term impact on respiratory health. https://bit.ly/47EYk8E
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Reposted by Rafael Mesquita
💷📉 The first independent economic analysis of physiotherapy shows it saves the NHS more than it costs.
Just four interventions save the NHS £145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
Just four interventions save the NHS £145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
Return on investment for physiotherapy in the UK
On this page:ROI for physiotherapy reportHow to use the findings
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November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💷📉 The first independent economic analysis of physiotherapy shows it saves the NHS more than it costs.
Just four interventions save the NHS £145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
Just four interventions save the NHS £145m a year. Read the report and use the Value Calculator to see what your service saves: www.csp.org.uk/roi
#RightToRehab
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Innovations in technology will revolutionise lung function assessment through three approaches: newer techniques (e.g. oscillometry), data acquisition through digital devices outside the clinic and data analysis through artificial intelligence tools. https://bit.ly/46qRf9C
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Innovations in technology will revolutionise lung function assessment through three approaches: newer techniques (e.g. oscillometry), data acquisition through digital devices outside the clinic and data analysis through artificial intelligence tools. https://bit.ly/46qRf9C
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What is pulmonary rehabilitation and how does it help COPD patients? Rachel Evans, MD, University of Leicester, explains on the latest episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast, alongside COPD advocate Russell Winwood and host Amy Attaway, MD.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETC...
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETC...
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What is pulmonary rehabilitation and how does it help COPD patients? Rachel Evans, MD, University of Leicester, explains on the latest episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast, alongside COPD advocate Russell Winwood and host Amy Attaway, MD.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETC...
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cETC...
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A CHEST How I Do It proposes a standardized approach for high-flow nasal cannula discontinuation focused on liberation, using a stepwise approach guided by physiology.
Read more in the November issue of the journal CHEST®: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
#JournalCHEST #MedSky #CriticalCare
Read more in the November issue of the journal CHEST®: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
#JournalCHEST #MedSky #CriticalCare
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A CHEST How I Do It proposes a standardized approach for high-flow nasal cannula discontinuation focused on liberation, using a stepwise approach guided by physiology.
Read more in the November issue of the journal CHEST®: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
#JournalCHEST #MedSky #CriticalCare
Read more in the November issue of the journal CHEST®: doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
#JournalCHEST #MedSky #CriticalCare
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✉️ Letter From the Japanese Respiratory Society
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
✉️ Letter From the Japanese Respiratory Society
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After a heart attack or surgery, fear of moving again is natural - and exactly why cardiac rehab exists.
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
🔗 Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
🔗 Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Rebuilding confidence after a cardiac event
'I came into physiotherapy because I saw, up close, how transformative rehab can be as my grandfather had a stroke when I was you
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November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
After a heart attack or surgery, fear of moving again is natural - and exactly why cardiac rehab exists.
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
🔗 Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
Physio Catrin Davies explains how structured, evidence-based rehabilitation helps people rebuild strength, confidence and purpose.
🔗 Read her blog: https://ow.ly/2J1C50XpQsG
#RightToRehab
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In recognition of World #COPD Day, I’m excited to share an animated video our team developed highlighting the benefits of #pulmonaryrehabilitation after an acute exacerbation. Please help spread the word by sharing it with colleagues and patients! #pulmonaryrehab
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation After a Flare Up
YouTube video by Living Well with COPD (Living Well with COPD)
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In recognition of World #COPD Day, I’m excited to share an animated video our team developed highlighting the benefits of #pulmonaryrehabilitation after an acute exacerbation. Please help spread the word by sharing it with colleagues and patients! #pulmonaryrehab
youtu.be/wuVv0KT3q34?...
youtu.be/wuVv0KT3q34?...