TY - JOUR T1 - Treating the patient in front of you and the power of language: integrating research into effective clinical practice JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 705 LP - 706 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104373 VL - 55 IS - 13 AU - Steve Aspinall Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/13/705.abstract N2 - In a year of great turmoil and hardship for the vast majority of society, it has also been a time for organisations, professional associations and healthcare bodies to come together, working to bring about positive change and give everybody, regardless of who or where they are, the right to rehabilitation. The Community Rehabilitation Alliance and the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (http://arma.uk.net) have made great progress in this area, providing a strong voice to guide the future of population health in the UK. Coming together collaboratively has also allowed these collectives to support the efforts for dealing with the current pandemic and the longer-term post viral rehabilitation needs.Underpinning and supporting this agenda for positive change and effective rehabilitation strategies is our research community and current evidence base, with our understanding, interpretation and application of this evidence being absolutely crucial to the centre of everything we do; patients.This British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT)-led issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine will highlight a number of key issues that can make your practice, as a rehabilitation advocate, clinician and an agent for change, more successful and support the right to effective rehabilitation for everyone.Supporting the WHO Global Action … ER -