It’s no secret we are exercise advocates. And we love media coverage that provides the general public with even more incentive to be active. One profiled study on social media and language links sports with greater emotional stability. Even more notable, are the numerous international news outlets (including articles from Australia, India, the US, and […]
Category: Children
Working with Young Athletes in Football – it’s not JUST kids play, but that helps.
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series By Sam Blanchard, @SJBPhysio_sport Head of Academy Physiotherapy at Brighton & Hove Albion FC. South-East representative for ACPSEM Recently I stumbled across one of those rare beauties of a course that grips you from beginning to end, where everything relates to previous clinical experiences. I […]
Register now! Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young. CME course (January 17 & 18, 2013)
Nick of Time Foundation invites you to a continuing medical education course (CME) titled “Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young” to be held at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, WA on January 17 & 18, 2013. Sponsored by the University of Washington School of Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine and Office of […]
FIFA’s 11 for health programme launched in Asia
We wanted to share more news about the expansion of FIFA’s global initiative to improve health. Keep up the great work Prof Jiri Dvorak and team! (Story originally posted in Healthcare Asia via FIFA) On October 22, Football’s stalwart association, Switzerland headquartered Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has launched the first-ever ‘FIFA 11 for Health’ programme […]
FIFA and education representatives join forces to combat childhood obesity and improve health
Congratulations to Mexican public schools representatives and FIFA, for leading the Latin American development of a joint initiative to combat childhood obesity and implement programs in schools to improve health. FIFA’s 11 for Health was launched in Mexico in summer of 2011: The “11 for Health” programme complements the Mexican government’s “5 Pasos por tu […]
Sudden Cardiac Death screening: notes of caution
By Lynley Anderson & Lynne Bowyer Bioethics Centre, University of Otago In his guest post on the BJSM Blog entitled ‘Call for NHS to review its policy on screening of young people at risk of sudden cardiac death’ Dr Steven Cox laments the decision of the National Screening Committee not to offer screening to young athletes […]
Safer bicycling. Better roads? More helmets? Increased legislation and enforcement?
Last month in a BMJ blog, Domnhall Macaulay stated “Cyclists deserve our support; we need to address the risks of riding on the road and make cycling safer.” In one of my earlier BJSM blogs, I also pointed out that bicycling safety has long been a research and action goal of many injury prevention […]
Call for NHS to review its policy on screening of young people at risk of sudden cardiac death
Guest blog by Dr Steven Cox (from CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) policy – that “screening should not be offered*” is currently discouraging young people who may be at risk of sudden cardiac death from having simple, non-invasive and potentially life-saving tests. The National Screening Committee need […]
Is high level snowboard too dangerous to allow your children to participate?
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Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action – Guest Blog Caroline Finch
(follow Caroline Finch on Twitter — @CarolineFinch) This relates to: Micheli, L, Mountjoy, M, and Engebretsen, L et al. 2011. Fitness and health of children through sport: the context for action. BJSM. 45:931-936 I read, with great interest, the paper by Micheli et al [1]in the September Injury Prevention and Health Promotion issue of the […]