ENS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Evidence-Based Practice, Information Literacy, Contact Sport
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Published on 4 Dec 2018
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● Manuscript: includes everything about a research that is going to be published
● Step 6 Cont: Interpret, draw conclusions and share
○ Publish to scientific journals
■ Select journal by research area and concentration
■ Some journals are more prestigious than others
■ Every journal has its own manuscript specifications: different formatting
guidelines
● Manuscript submission
○ Submission instructions and templates provided on journal websites
● Peer-review
○ Committee of experts in the field
○ Review details of research to ensure its validity
○ Accepted or rejected for publication
○ Members of that research community will read
● Practice assessment
● The effects of of an intervention are measured in a descriptive study
○ False
● Which of the following study designs would be most appropriate to measure the effects
of protein intake on power in contact sport performances?
○ Experimental study
● Manuscript=a full research report that is submitted to a peer review committee for
publication
● Protocol=a proposal to conduct a study that outlines the major aims and study design
elements, sent to potential people who give grants
● Evaluation of research
○ Reinforce and extend understanding of literature search and review process
○ Introduce questionable business practices that are used to sell exercise and
nutrition products
○ Information literacy
○ Introduce strategies to evaluate
● Research evaluation
○ Research springboard
■ Creates new research
○ Evidence based practice
● Reliable sources of research and scientific information
○ Translate scientific evidence to practical applications that promote health. Fitness
sport or rehab
● Questionable sources of information
○ Translating scientific evidence to promote commercial interest in health, fitness,
sport or rehab industries
○ Trade associations
○ Food and ingredient companies
● Sources of miss-information