Cross Fertilising British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) and Injury Prevention (IP) An interesting paper, by Morrongiello et al., in the most recent issue of the Injury Prevention Journal (Volume 20, Issue 1) presents the results of a study that investigated the nature of images that should be used for powerful safety messages. […]
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“Crash Reel” movie, Lystedt, Zurich and Sochi…Sports medicine challenges
Guest blog by @DMacA – Dr Domhnall MacAuley “You cannot do concussion trials in humans.” mused Mike Turner, discussing the Zurich concussion guidelines at a recent conference. (OK, who said why not?) Concussion, he said, causes functional disturbance with no structural damage, nothing to see on imaging, and resolves spontaneously in 7-10 days. It was, […]
Seeing patients today? “Heart healthy” exercise advice can be a life saver for men, women and children via @exerciseworks
@exerciseworks guest blog series on physical activity and cardiovascular health: Part 2 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Reduction of heart disease risk in patients is significantly linked to modifiable factors (such as tobacco use, poor diet, physical inactivity, obesity, alcohol use) or factors that can be changed […]
The Paleo diet – what’s in it for you?
By Dr John Orchard, @DrJohnOrchard Dr J, takes a look at the hottest diet in the world right now. Just for a change, this Dr J column is written about a topic which I am not an expert on. Why change a good formula? (In fact you can take it as a very good rule […]
BASEM Spring Conference 2014 – Register now!
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Ramy Ashour, an interview with the squash superstar
This interview was originally published in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal and is reproduced with the kind permission of Aspetar – Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. – Interview by Cristiano Eirale, Qatar Every sport has its star. In squash, it’s Ramy Ashour. It’s not that he has the highest point average in the history of […]
Move Now, never mind the weather
By Dr. Domhnall MacAuley Snow. Hardly surprising. Its part of Canadian life. But, as a sports med doc arriving in Ottawa, what struck me most was the number of people walking, skating and jogging. It may have been minus 25, before wind chill, but that didn’t seem to be a deterrent. There were hundreds of skaters on […]
Vote now (win prizes)! What’s the best BJSM cover of 2013?
Welcome to the final, sudden death round of the BJSM cover competition. We have tallied the votes from our four preliminary rounds and the results are in (below)! Voters in this round have a chance to win one of two of the world’s leading sports medicine books. Win 1 of 2 of these fantastic books: […]
Bizarre breaking news: Government finally releases a strategy for childhood physical activity using it as punishment. Early April fool, ignorant Olympic legacy or plain clueless?
By Richard Weiler, Sam Allardyce, Greg Whyte, Emmanuel Stamatakis This week the UK government Department of Education has released a new strategy to improve school discipline, including the alarming strategy that physical activity should be used as punishment, recommended (on page 8) as running laps around school playing fields (READ FULL STRATEGY HERE). Another defining moment […]
Employment opportunity: UC AIS Centenary Professor, Chair of Clinical Research. Joint appointment between the University of Canberra and the Australian Institute of Sport
Academic Level E: UC AIS Centenary Professor, Chair of Clinical Research. Joint appointment between the University of Canberra and the Australian Institute of Sport Salary Range: An attractive salary package will be negotiated pro rata plus super This is a 5 year fixed-term, full time position Vacancy Reference No: TBC This exciting role is employed […]