Dr. Steven Devor has responded to the lawsuit filed against him for publishing fraudulent injury data in his “Crossfit” study. Interestingly, he has finally admitted that he never spoke to any of the participants in the study
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ACSM, CrossFit, CrossFitaffiliate, CrossFitstudy, Devor, Fraud, injury, injuryrate, JSCR, Lawsuit, NSCA, OhioState, OSU, Peerreview, Smith, WilliamKraemer
When I interviewed Dr. Steven Devor about his fraudulent study, he conceded that my questions were “legitimate” and promised to get back to me with answers. After hanging up the phone, he refused to ever speak to me again, yet shared his findings with a number of media publications as if nothing was wrong with them. In other words, Devor appears to have known his data was (at best) inaccurate, and supported it as fact anyway. Why? I believe Devor’s […]
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In spring of last year, the NSCA published a study conducted by Ohio State University researchers that took place at one of our CrossFit affiliates. The study claimed a 16% “overuse or injury” rate among participants. Further investigation lead me to the conclusion that this data was not only misleading, but was literally fabricated. Google reveals that the study is currently cited or linked to by hundreds of web pages and blogs, and the study’s lead author has been interviewed in a […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: ACSM, CrossFit, CrossFitaffiliate, CrossFitstudy, Devor, Fraud, injury, injuryrate, JSCR, Lawsuit, NSCA, OhioState, OSU, Peerreview, risk, Smith, StevenDevor, Strengthandconditioning, WilliamKraemer
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