ESSA Position & Consensus Statements

Position Statements

Position Statements are expert, peer-reviewed publications endorsed by ESSA and presenting robust evidence supporting practical translation of research into practice for application by ESSA professionals. Position Statements reflect the available evidence at the time of publication.

From time-to-time, ESSA also publishes joint Position Statements with other related peak organisations.

ESSA Publications Committee is commencing a review of older Position Statements in the last quarter of 2021.

Consensus Statements

Consensus Statements set out the consensus view endorsed by ESSA and the expert author group for which supporting evidence may be lacking or of insufficient quality to establish strong, evidence-based statements.

If you have any queries regarding our Position or Consensus Statements, please contact the ESSA research team: [email protected]

Position Statements

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Cancer

ESSA: Exercise medicine in cancer management (2019)


Exercise recommendation for people with bone metastases: Expert consensus for health care providers and exercise professionals (2022) (Download PDF)

This publication prepared by the International Bone Metastases Exercise Working Group contains the current best practice exercise recommendations to inform prescription, delivery and evaluation for people with bone metastases. The ESSA Publications Committee endorses this important publication and encourages Accredited Exercise Physiologists and Accredited Exercise Scientists to refer to these recommendations to inform their practice when working with people with bone metastases. 

Chronic Disease and Conditions


Musculoskeletal


Neurology


Physical Activity


Respiratory


Archive

The content of ESSA endorsed Position Statements is reviewed 10 years post original publication and where appropriate an updated position statement published. Position Statements which have been updated are retained here as an historical record of ESSA endorsed publications.

ESSA: Exercise and hypertension (2008) (Download PDF)

ESSA: Optimising cancer outcomes through exercise (2009) (Download PDF)



Joint Position Statements


Consensus Statements