The August 2011 issue of Injury Prevention (sister journal to the BJSM ) included an editorial from me with my views on an apparent unfortunate divide between sports medicine and injury prevention researchers. The two groups rarely meet at the same conferences or read the same journals and so there is somewhat of a lack […]
Category: Guest Posts
CSEM — 30 years old, and going strong! Guest Blog by Professor Nicola Maffulli
The Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine (CSEM) at Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, has just held its 30th Anniversary Scientific Meeting. Started by John B King in 1981, CSEM has graduated close to 500 alumni. The Diploma Course in Sports Medicine became the Master of Science Course […]
Chronic Compartment Syndrome and Surgery — Are patients being tested correctly for this condition? How are your patients tested?
The authors respond to Dr van Rensburg’s letter published in the blog post below. Letter from Dr. Hislop: Dear Christa, The 2 articles were written as a Head to Head– (see link to papers on how to test for compartment syndrome). Dr Hutchinson and I contrast our approaches to the case of the patient with […]
Vitamin D: The stuff of Super-heroes – Guest blog by Dr. Ade Adejuwon
Elite athletes are revered for their ability to repetitively perform feats that push the human body to its physical and physiological limits. In the eyes of many they are superhuman. If we consider fictional superheroes many demonstrate the same abilities, albeit exaggerated, that we admire in athletes such as strength, speed and agility. Sports scientists […]
Authoritative resource for sudden cardiac death – finally! Guest blog by Jon Drezner
Sudden Death in Young Adults (JACC 2011, 58:12), has a wealth of information and will be an article to reference for a long time. Finally a large, systematic incidence and etiology study on sudden death in young adults with sound methodology, a defined population (military), mandatory reporting, and post-mortem protocols. The authors openly question the […]
Guest Blog by Professor Timothy Noakes – A comment on ‘Good Calories, Bad Calories’ and ‘Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It’
I have been reading Gary Taubes‘ books on nutrition and health – Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It. It is clear to me now that carbohydrate intake is the factor driving the obesity/diabetes/ heart disease/ metabolic syndrome epidemic globally. Taubes explains how this was known up […]
Dr Lynley Anderson’s response to: Team Doctor….how far is too far?
Guest blog by Dr Lynley Anderson In the recent BJSM blog post, Team Doctor…how far is too far?, Dr James Thing raised the issue of clinical professional boundaries in the provision of sports health care; he is ideally placed to comment as both a team doctor and GP. Determining the limits of what a team […]
New Guidelines to Improve ECG/EKG Interpretation in Athletes – Guest Blog by Dr Babette Pluim
Should 12-lead ECG be part of the pre-participation examination of athletes? Those in favor of ECG screening argue that it reduces the risk of sudden cardiovascular death; those against screening point out the low cost-effectiveness, the low disease prevalence resulting in a low positive predictive value, the difficulties in distinguishing abnormal electrocardiographic changes indicative of cardiac […]
Guest blog by Dr. James Thing: Team Doctor…how far is too far?
As a junior sport and exercise medicine trainee and part-time, lower league team doctor I often find myself in a position of ethical uncertainty. I have tried to establish clinical boundaries and set personal guidelines regarding the team doctor role, constantly revisiting conversations such as – “Players should have their own General Practitioners (family doctor)” […]
Educating ALL Medical Specialists to consider exercise as the fifth vital sign – Dr. Danica Bonello Spiteri comments
Guest blog by Dr. Danica Bonello Spiteri I read with great interest your article ‘Developing healthcare systems to support exercise: exercise as the fifth vital sign’ (Sallis R. Br J Sports Med May 2011 45;6:473-4 – Free online). My main concern is whether we should also be educating the physicians. I recently was involved in […]