Guest Blog by Giuseppe Lippi, MD; Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, MD; Emmanuel J. Favaloro, PhD. Most of us were dramatically shocked while watching the live broadcast of Wouter Weylandt’s death following a horrific crash on the third stage of the Tour of Italy. While travelling at high speed negotiating a descent, the left pedal of the Belgian […]
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Calling for help! What is the best example of a successful physical activity intervention that has made a sustained difference?
I’m tweaking my presentation for ACSM relating to ‘implementation’ and I’m keen to share success stories – or ‘bright lights’ as the Heath Brothers call it. Which interventions have made kids move? Helped adults reach the guidelines? What about agitating the aged? (sorry!). Gortmaker’s Planet Health, Sallis’ CATCH, and van Mechelen’s various studies at work […]
Prof Evert Verhagen comments on the need for more implementation research
By Professor Evert Verhagen In reaction to the guest blog by professor Caroline Finch (May 9th), it is really good to see that the important topic of implementation gets the attention it needs. I’ve heard many times, in relation to van Mechelen’s sequence of prevention [1], that we need more intervention studies. This is whilst […]
Guest Blog by Prof Caroline Finch: Implementation study design and a protocol example
There was considerable discussion at the IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury and Illness in Sport about the need for implementation studies – one could even say there was a certain buzz about this. In my keynote address about the art and science of implementation research, I emphasised that to be most useful such […]
Ultrasound in the Sports Medicine Office – A Top Gear Review Series
Having just attended the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) meeting in Salt Lake City (see BJSM Warm Up Feb 2011) I couldn’t help but be impressed by the progress in ultrasound (US) technology. Smaller, cheaper, better – tremendous advances. Over the next four weeks we will review: i) The AMSSM curriculum for US […]
News Flash: 30 minutes a day of physical activity for cancer prevention!
Media coverage of a recent BJSM article underscores the important role of physical activity in the prevention of cancer. The news headline reads: Brisk exercise ‘cuts cancer death risk. ’ The article refers to Laukkanen, Rauramaa, Mäkikallio, Toriola, and Kurl’s study that defines “the intensity of leisure-time physical activity required to reduce cancer mortality in […]
Curious about Twitter – for rookies (like me!)
I’ve mentioned @BJSM_BMJ Twitter in previous WarmUps but given that only Mum reads the WarmUps I know it’s fair game to mention it again here. I reckon Twitter got a bad name early on because it was associated with celebrities sharing boring updates like… ‘am drunk in the limo — whoaa!’. Which is fine but […]
Androgen Levels to Override Gender Categories in Athletic Competition: New IAAF Regulations
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) recently approved new rules governing the eligibility of women with hyperandrogenism for competition. The IAAF aims to avoid future controversy similar to “the case” of Caster Semenya who won the World Championship in 2009 for the 800 m in Berlin (watch race here). 3 weeks prior to the […]
Obituary for Professor Eric Arthur Newsholme, MA, DSc, (PhD, ScD Camb)
By Lindy Castell Eric Newsholme died peacefully in hospital from heart failure a few hours after slipping into a coma on 17th March 2011. Although those of us who were close to him were well aware of his heart and circulation problems over several years, it was nevertheless a shock and, as many have observed, […]
Good medicine: sports medicine. A response to recent criticism of sports medicine in BMJ
Guest blog by Dr. Malachy McHugh If the purpose of Des Spence’s article Bad Medicine: Sports Medicine (British Medical Journal, March 30 2011) is to strike a chord with sports medicine professionals then it has probably done its job. However, as a piece of scientific writing this lacks objectivity to put it mildly. The sports medicine […]