This Guest Blog is the first in a series of blogs highlighting success stories – where exercise was implemented and made a difference. As part of the BJSM initiative in ‘implementation’ we invite readers to submit success stories – and we will solicit them too! Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in children: effects […]
Category: Children
Football as Global Health Promotion: FIFA’s 11 for Health Programme
“Prevention is better than a cure, no matter what disease we look at…football is an ideal platform to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease.” – Professor Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s Chief Medical Officer This month’s BJSM Editor’s Choice (free online) highlights an innovative approach to health and exercise promotion in Africa. Authors […]
Consussion podcast still timely – McCrory on Consensus Statement
Concussion, concussion, concussion – has dominated the media over the past months. Major injuries to kids, research suggesting long-term problems, even the American Neurology Association updating their guidelines, now Sidney Crosby sits on the sidelines at millions of dollars 🙂 a day. BJSM afficionados will be aware but as we get new readers and blog […]
Canada lowers the bar for physical activity…to make people more active?
The 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey indicated that only 15% of adult Canadians were active for a recommended 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per day. Younger Canadians were even less active with 9% of boys and 4% of girls aged 5 to 17 meeting the health-benefit informed goals of 60 to 90 minutes […]
Does an ECG screening programme for sudden cardiac death in the young result in a long term increase in cardiac mortality in the screened population?
A special theme issue of BJSM guest edited by Jon Drezner and Babette Pluim on the topic of sudden cardiac death in young athletes is scheduled for June 2009. A letter from Dr. Thamindu Wedatilake, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK, related to this serious sports medicine condition: I have read in interest the article by Wilson […]
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: Special Theme Issue, June 2009!
Sudden cardiac death has always been at the apex of ‘serious’ sports medicine conditions. We all agree that one death is one too many. Sports physicians with expertise in cardiac issues — Jon Drezner and Babette Pluim — will guest edit a 2009 Themed Issue that will include, but not be limited to, original data […]
Should elite child athletes run marathons and lift heavy weights?
One of the questions that is always asked of sports medicine clinicians is how much training kids should be doing. At a time where physical inactivity is the major childhood disease, we also have the paradox of parents encouraging 3-yr old golfers and 4 yr-old tennis players. After all, the earning potential of those children […]