I learned that about 12% of high fit 80+ year olds die annually. Seems a bit unfair. But 27% of low fit 60-69 year olds die annually! No typo. High fit 80-yr olds are HALF AS LIKELY TO DIE as low fit 60-yr olds. Are we talking about 80-yr old Olympians? Nope. High fit is […]
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ACL update…first day at UKSEM 2011, London
Reporting from UKsem 2011 – the largest Sports and Exercise Medicine and performance Conference in Europe. London’s Excel conference centre 23rd November – no downtime for the BJSM blog! Richard Frobell opened with 3 major revelations. #1. ACL injuries are associated with arthritis – whether you have a reconstruction or not. (citation classic, 103 citations […]
Bright future for exercise prescription? – Guest blog by Dr. Stephen Chew
Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective (A monthly series on the BJSM blog) I was lucky enough to spend Thursday evening at a dinner with Professor Parveen Kumar of “Clinical Medicine” [1] fame. In her impromptu after dinner speech, she gave us some down to earth advice. One of her themes was don’t […]
Research into action – AED installed 3 months ago saves life!
Guest Blog by Jon Drezner – Sports Cardiology Senior Associate Editor I heard some amazing news today and still gathering the details. Last night at [anonymized] Middle School a 45 yo [anonymized] suffered sudden cardiac arrest during a basketball game. Witnesses pulled the AED off the wall, delivered two shocks before EMS arrived, and the patient […]
Management of tennis elbow – ‘most shared’ paper on BMJ home page
The management of tennis elbow was BMJ’s chart topping paper for online access last month. The paper has had >10,000 accesses. Here is the monthly breakdown: Congratulations to the authors Dr. John Orchard and PT Alex Kountouris. They provide a practical explanation of tendon mechanics, loading responses and great practical tips on effective treatment. They […]
Perfect time to commit to UKsem London…Nov 23 thru 26 or part thereof…
Looking for a world class conference bringing together sport and exercise medicine, conditioning and science with nutrition, rehabilitation and high performance coaching?. This conference will provide new knowledge for those working with elite sport and recreational athletes as well as those presenting to all clinicians for exercise prescription. See the UKsem home page including the […]
Confusion/difference of opinion on investigating compartment syndrome. BJSM poll results are in!
The results of the latest BJSM home-page poll are in. We had a split!! Folks can’t agree on a very common procedure in sports medicine. Yikes!! Out of 120 respondents, 57% preferred that all 4 compartments are measured in both legs to diagnose chronic compartment syndrome. Unless both methods have equal outcomes a large proportion […]
The ECG issue at a colonial outpost – Guest blog by Dr Donald Kuah
At the 2011 IOC conferences held in Corsica and Monaco significant session times were dedicated to cardiac screening and the role of ECG screening in prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). I attended as deputy Medical Director for the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), and also as the Medical Director for the New South Wales Institute […]
via New York Times – the challenge of patients demanding inappropriate MRIs
The New York Times is a great source of sports medicine news and Gina Kolata‘s article about inappropriate use of MR requires little editorializing. My feeling is that although some doctors diagnose by MR instead of via cognitive processes, that is NOT the problem in sports and exercise medicine. See Chris Milne’s recent lucid description […]
ICSEMIS 2012 – Final call for abstracts (November 1 deadline!)
The closing deadline for abstracts for the 5th annual International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS) is one week away. Adopting a multi-disciplinary perspective, ICSEMIS is sure to attract a veritable smorgasbord of hot topics in sports and exercise medicine. Convention sub-themes relevant to sports medicine clinicians include: Health promotion through physical […]