# Instructions

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/instructions/3294>\
**Category:** Pain Science & Rehab Discussion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/instructions/3294 "2018-09-07T22:40:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ray](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/michael_ray/32/688_2.png) [@Michael\_Ray](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Michael_Ray)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/instructions/3294/1 "2018-09-07T22:40:42Z")

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Hey Everyone!

This thread has been created for those subscribed to our Monthly Research Review e-mail list. Each month we will send out a list of recommended articles to read related to the topics of pain and rehab. We also have a recommended reading list for clinicians that can be found here: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l2p5za34i…tice.docx?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l2p5za34iedhp0/Biased_Reference%20List%20for%20Clinical%20Practice.docx?dl=0) (this list is regularly updated).

If you are not currently subscribed to the email list, please email [mike@barbellmedicine.com](mailto:mike@barbellmedicine.com) with the subject line “Monthly Research Review”.

Just a few ground rules:

1. Please be sure to read the article(s) before creating a thread or commenting.
2. Don’t be a dick.

That’s honestly about it.

Also - if you’ve not heard of sci-hub, check it out for articles that aren’t open access.

Looking forward to discussing the articles with everyone!

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**Author:** ![Jtcraw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jtcraw](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jtcraw)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/instructions/3294/2 "2018-10-04T21:47:35Z")

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Sorry if this question has already been answered, but is there a way to get access to the full text of the articles posted in the forum? I noticed most of the articles posted are from the British Journal of Sports Medicine and they require you to pay for the full text or get a yearly subscription. I didn’t know if there was a free way of getting access to these texts to join in on the discussions.

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**Author:** ![reeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/reeder/32/362_2.png) [@reeder](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/reeder)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/instructions/3294/3 "2019-06-08T16:01:53Z")

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Thanks, Mike. I haven’t been reading studies for several years, and didn’t know about sci-hub. That’s an interesting Robin Hood story behind all of that.

FWIW, I chose a ### **malware checking** site ([https://sitecheck.sucuri.net](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net)) and ran the homepage [https://sci-hub.se/](https://sci-hub.se/)  
All is clear there… as of today.

Next, I searched for an article from your list (“… Not-So-Incidental Harms…”). The scan of the resulting page says they get a _403 Forbidden_ error.  
I then scanned the url for the embedded pdf of the article. That also gives a 403.

Should that be alarming? Probably not, since the scan is probably telling sci-hub that it’s a robot (in its user-agent string). Doing a websearch to see if sci-hub is safe turned up zero reports of malware, as you likely already would know.

Then I ran my AV on the downloaded pdf, that shows no malware. I think it was worthwhile checking, and all seems well.