Dear Editors, Knechtle and Kohler have considered the factors relating to overall performance in triple ironman triathlon. There are however several other considerations which must be made when looking at total race time. The mental preparation needed for ultra-endurance events may have a significant impact on total race time. This can limit training time and […]
Month: June 2009
Book review: Martindale’s Drugs in Sport Companion 2009
This is a useful guide on drugs banned in sport and is particularly helpful when travelling as it lists generic and trade names of drugs from 40 countries worldwide. Its main disadvantages are that it does not list permitted drugs (unlike websites such as 100percentme) and it is only valid until the next WADA revision […]
E-letters: Negating the safety advantage in running shoe design
By Tony H. Reinhardt-Rutland, University of Ulster Richards et al (2009) refer to a popular running shoe design entailing a heightened sole and pronation control. It is claimed to reduce running injuries, but in fact no evidence has been obtained to show that the design actually achieves its purpose. May I add another thought on […]
E-letters: Lower Limbs Stiffness Unit of Measurement
Dear Editor-in-Chief, We are concerned with an important confusion about data unit of measurement presented by Girard et al. when evaluating the changes in Lower Limbs Stiffness (LLS) during prolonged tennis playing (1). Evaluation of LLS is of great interest in a sport like tennis where speed and reactivity takes a great part. LLS is […]
E-letters: Relative age effects in NHL draftees revisited
A response to Hancock, Ste-Marie and Young (2008) by Joseph Baker and A. Jane Logan, York University. We appreciate the thoughtful review of our manuscript by Hancock, Ste -Marie and Young.(1) In this brief response, we reconsider the issues raised in their review and continue the discussion of relative age effects in National Hockey League […]
E-letter: Discrepancies between protocol and trial report
Sir, This is likely to be the definitive trial on the effectiveness of pre-exercise stretching for some time, so it is important that it is carefully reported and analysed in this paper by Jamtvedt et al. I have a few questions. t is stated that “two primary outcomes and 12 secondary outcomes were specified a […]
Risks of flying with sporting teams
This article relates the personal experience of a well-known Australian sports physician. Although thromboembolic events are reasonably uncommon among our athletes, flying is almost ubiquitous in our profession so this has more relevance than some of us might have anticipated when studying the clotting cascade in medical school. Peter Brukner’s Personal Perspective from MJA […]