In June 2025 we shared highlights from our review and publication in eClinical Medicine.  Since the publication, we have been busy presenting our findings to different forums and wanted to share some of this activity with you.  Our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group encouraged us to use a variety of different methods to publicise our findings in both professional and public spaces. Here’s a summary of what we have been up to:

• Our findings have been featured within an invited talk by Professor Frederike van Wijck at the Congress of the European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation in Budapest, which is an international conference for those working within rehabilitation.
• We presented at an online NHS Forum in Scotland for discussing stroke research called the National Stroke Sessions. The session was delivered by Professor Frederike van Wijck & Dr Cathryn Broderick.
• We created a poster (below) which was presented by Professor Gillian Mead at the UK Stroke Forum – a large, international stroke conference.

You can access a zoomable version of this here: The effects of exercise on secondary prevention and HRQoL_UKforum_2025

• During the UK Stroke Forum in November 2025, Professors Mead and van Wijck also discussed the findings of this research during an invited session on physical activity after stroke.
• We presented the poster at the Usher Institute Annual lecture and showcase event which provides an opportunity to showcase research conducted at the Usher Institute.
• Professor Frederike van Wijck was awarded the highly prestigious Princess Margaret Memorial Lecture at the UK Stroke Forum in 2025. During this invited lecture she included a presentation of this NESSIE review.

In addition to presenting in professional forums we are really keen to share our work more widely within public spaces too. During 2026 we aim to develop visual information to make our findings more accessible.

We look forward to sharing more details with you soon!

Blog by Dr Katie Thomson

Spreading the word – how we have shared our findings on “The effects of exercise on secondary prevention and health-related quality of life in people with existing vascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials” / NESSIE - NIHR Evidence Synthesis Scotland InitiativE by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0