This smorgasbord of liquid cardiac stress tests is fascinating because some of them look so benign (see SoBe Tea). And I’ve even handled some of these weapons of self-destruction (the Starbucks logo is so pretty against a coffee background). And feel free to check back to Neil King and John Blundell’s review in the December […]
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E-Letter: Performance anomalies in running shoe design: Psychological factors?
The following E-Letter is a response to The effect of three different levels of footwear stability on pain outcomes in women runners: a randomised control trial . Abstract | Full article Ryan et al (1) provide empirical evidence that standards for running shoes in relation to foot posture are far from convincing. In particular, a sophisticated […]
Exercise alone won’t cut it for Canada’s obese
A recent Vancouver Sun article discusses new findings in the role of diet and exercise in obesity. Click here to read the story. http://www.flickr.com/photos/78428166@N00/ / CC BY 2.0 […]
Cold Water Immersion Recovery
Cold Water Immersion is one of the latest trends in encouraging recovery. At the Olympics several swim teams set up immersion tanks on the warm-up pool deck for “recovery”. What are your thoughts? Do you have evidence that they help? Please do share your thoughts on Cold Water Immersion with us at the BJSM. […]
‘Bloodgate’: Professional Boundaries and Top Level Sport
(Via timesonline.co.uk) The doctor at the centre of the “Bloodgate” scandal at Harlequins has been suspended from practising medicine pending further investigations into her conduct. Wendy Chapman, a hospital consultant, has been forbidden by the General Medical Council (GMC) from working as a doctor amid allegations that she deliberately cut the lip of Tom Williams, the […]
E-letter: Prophylactic use of NSAIDs in endurance runners
Click here to read the original article. My concern with the prophylactic use of NSAIDs occurs in endurance athletes. My anecdotal experience is that endurance runners attempting distances categorised as ultra races (ie longer than a marathon) may regularly take NSAIDs during an event in a misguided attempt to delay muscle fatigue. I have even seen NSAIDs being referred […]
TIME Magazine: Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death
This month TIME Magazine‘s website, picked up on BJSM’s IOC Issue – Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death. Read the article at TIME.com here. […]
ACSM: Behaviour change and advocacy
As you know, the American College of Sports Medicine is actively advocating clinicians take a more active role in exercise prescription. The organization also aims to be politically active – an essential for behaviour change. Here you see a letter that Robert Sallis shared with members; also new ACSM president James Pivarnik wrote to President […]
How to listen to BJSM Content on your iPod
A recent email from a reader detailed how she used a computer application to convert text from the online edition of the BJSM to an mp3 audio file so she could listen to it while running. She used a piece of software called Visual Text to Speech MP3, but there are a number of similar […]
Concussion Consensus Statement is out!
Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008 It’s out! You can stop banging your head against a brick wall in frustration. Hosted by a chapter of editors of various journals, the much-awaited Consensus Statement is out. If you are into concussion, if you […]