● A weekly research bulletin · est. 2026

The evidence behind what works.

We read the whole sports medicine, rehab & performance literature every week, critically appraise the papers that matter, and tell you what to do about them.

★★★★★ Built for physiotherapists, sports doctors & S&C coaches.

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appraised · not summarised
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Summaries are everywhere. Judgement is rare.

the method

Most feeds tell you what a paper said. We tell you whether it’s any good, how big the effect really is, and whether it should change what you do on Monday.

1 FIND

Every journal, every week

We harvest new and landmark research across sports medicine, rehab & performance, the whole literature, not a hand-picked handful, ranked by citation and field-weighted impact.

2 APPRAISE

Critically, not credulously

Each paper gets the same rigorous read: risk of bias, effect size vs. clinical significance, the gap it doesn’t fill, and the landmark study it builds on or contradicts.

3 REVIEW

Reviewed before it’s published

Nothing ships on autopilot. Every issue is reviewed before it’s published, the same structured appraisal, applied consistently, every week. Rigour is the product.

Clinician assessing an athlete

● signal ÷ noise

We read 200+ papers so you read 5.

The ones that matter, plus the one that’s overhyped, appraised for what they actually change in the clinic and on the field.

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The lead

this week’s issue

One paper, appraised. The same seven-field record every week, learn the shape once, read fast forever.

loading this week’s lead…
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The five

the rest of what mattered

Free readers get the verdict line. Clinician members get the full appraisal on every paper, plus the searchable archive.

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More than a bulletin. Your CPD, done.

for members

Reading is only half of CPD. Dose-Response turns every appraisal into a reflection, maps it to your regulator’s standards, and builds an audit-ready portfolio, automatically.

The Reflect tool, react to each appraisal and relate it to a real patient
Reflect, push back on our appraisal, bring it to a real patient.
The CPD portfolio, a year of reflections mapped to your standards
Portfolio, a year of CPD, mapped and audit-ready.

Reflect, don’t just read

We hand you the critique and the provocations; you write your own, and relate it to a patient you’ve actually treated this year.

Watch your thinking change

A timeline of where your judgement has moved, and what moved it, the reflective practice regulators want to see.

One home for all your CPD

Log courses, conferences and reading alongside your reflections. Your whole CPD record lives in one place.

Verifiable certificates

Export an audit-ready portfolio; every certificate carries a reference an employer or regulator can check online.

Built around your regulator

HCPCCSPGMCUKSCA

Tell us your discipline and we map every reflection to the standards that matter, the HCPC CPD standards and Standards of Proficiency for physios and allied health professionals, the CSP’s evidence-based and reflective practice expectations, and GMC Good Medical Practice for doctors’ appraisal and revalidation. Your export is formatted to evidence them.

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Your CPD, in your pocket.

iOS app

Reflect between patients, log a case at the bedside, check the workload ratio pitch-side. The whole member experience, This week, Reflect, Portfolio and your tools, as a native iPhone app.

This week's tailored issue in the Dose-Response app
The Reflect tool in the Dose-Response app
The CPD portfolio in the Dose-Response app
Coming soon tothe App Store

Building for iPhone now, subscribe and we'll tell you the moment it lands.

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Free forever, or go deeper.

access

The weekly signal is free for good. Premium unlocks the full appraisal on every paper, the landmark deep-dives, and the searchable archive, for less than a coffee a month.

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The weekly signal, genuinely useful on its own.

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Standards

reviewed before publishing
“Statistically significant isn’t the same as significant. Our whole job is telling you the difference, and whether it changes anything.”

, The Dose-Response editorial team

Appraisal, not summary
Risk of bias, effect size, generalisability, the judgement layer everyone else skips.
Latest + Landmark
Every new paper placed against the foundational study it builds on or overturns.
Reviewed before it ships
The week’s research is read and appraised at scale, then every issue is reviewed before it’s published. Nothing goes out on autopilot.
Clinician treating a patient