From many highly qualified applicants from different countries throughout Europe, ECOSEP: The European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians and their hosts from the leading European Sports Medicine Centres will select the Travelling Fellow on the basis of excellence in their personal and professional capabilities. The Travelling Fellow will represent her or his own country and showing leadership skills, […]
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Is the medical world keeping pace with Mass Participation Amateur Sport?
In their capacity as medics, athletes and spectators, Professor Sanjay Sharma, Michael Walker, and colleagues argue the need for a proactive consensus-based approach to medical standards for Mass Participation Amateur Sport (MPAS). By Michael Walker 1 BSc (Hons); Sabiha Gati 2 BSc (Hons), MBBS MRCP (UK), PhD; Mats Borjesson 3 PhD, MD, FESC; Sanjay Sharma 1 BSc (Hons), […]
Final preliminary round: BJSM cover competition
Happy New year everyone! As a final salute to 2013, we present the covers for the last preliminary round of the BJSM cover competition. Voters in our sudden death, final round will be entered in a draw to win one of two of the world’s leading sports medicine books: 1. The IOC Manual of Sports Injuries: […]
Childhood Obesity: The Real Elephant in the Room
LETTER TO THE EDITOR By Roger Redman The recent BJSM article “Is the lack of physical activity strategy for children complicit mass child neglect?” is well-informed and highlights a major problem, but, like many professional commentaries it seems to be “politically correct” in not mentioning the real Elephant in the Room. The fact that one in […]
Introduction to Long QT Syndrome: A Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes
By Lauren Forsyth, Kevin Booker, Adam Nathani, Karyn Kraemer, & Lisa Kirby Athletes are bigger, faster, and stronger than ever; yet, they are still vulnerable to fatal injury. Complications from Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) can ultimately lead an otherwise healthy athlete to a tragic fate. As misconceptions, and grey areas surrounding SCD continue, it is […]
Paediatric concussion…….must try harder!
By Dr James Thing There has been plenty of discussion lately on the topic of sports concussion and its mismanagement at an elite level. This was most recently and infamously highlighted when Hugo Lloris was allowed to continue playing for Tottenham after a period of clear loss of consciousness following a traumatic collision with an opponent. […]
Not everything in sport is black and white: #addsomecolour…….Part 2 The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine Biennial Conference
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series Click HERE for part 1. Conference sessions Continuing on the theme #addsomecolour, Alison Rose, a Physiotherapist who has worked with Jessica Ennis and the Brownlee brothers, discussed her success using visceral manipulation as a treatment with athletes (an unusual concept for most physios). She highlighted […]
Vote now – BJSM cover competition round 3
Just two more opportunities to vote for your favourite cover in the preliminary rounds of our cover competition — where we all get to reflect on the many great issues published in 2013. Voters in the final round will be entered in a draw to win one of two of the world’s top sports medicine […]
Physical health in mental illness and The HeAL Declaration: another gap to close
By Simon Rosenbaum and the Keeping the Body In Mind (KBIM) Team The terms obesity, type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease are usually associated with general practitioners, and the specialties of endocrinology and cardiology. Recently however, mental health clinicians have taken up the fight against lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases, given the growing body of evidence highlighting the […]
Current management of occult scaphoid fractures in UK Emergency Departments
By James Griffiths, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Background Occult scaphoid fracture (clinical signs of fracture but normal initial plain X-ray) is a common presentation to emergency departments and there is a lack of consensus in the literature with regard to management, in particular, second-line imaging. The Royal College of Radiologists recommends magnetic […]