Sometimes readers are looking to combine science with exotic travel, the 2009 Arctic Conference next June, will be hard to beat. Up close and personal with Paul Hodges and LJ Lee not to mention penguins, polar bears and giant Aleutian seals. It will be a great trip and a great blend of the latest science […]
Category: General
Collegiate rugby union injury patterns
BJSM eLetter from Henare R Broughton of Auckland Rugby referees’ Association. The study presented by Hamish Kerr et al., Collegiate rugby union injury patterns in New England: A prospective cohort study, deserves comment. In a general sense the injury pattern may be attributed to the confrontational type of game that the players had been taught. […]
Patient Info Sheet: Lateral Hip Pain
Another excellent patient information to download! Patient Information Sheet 17 – Lateral hip pain More patient information sheets can be found here. […]
New April Issue Available Online Now
The WarmUp which summarizes some key issues in 800 words is available free at the site and you can click on it here or view it as a PDF. The ‘editor’s choice’ which is available for free is the meta-analysis of walking. This simple daily task has many benefits and the dose-response relationship is explored […]
Exercise is Medicine! But how can we convince the sceptics?
I connected with ACSM president Bob Sallis today – he is heading up the ‘Exercise Is Medicine’ initiative through ACSM. Bob, a family doctor in California, shared his frustration with mainstream medicine overlooking physical activity as the most powerful therapy available to physicians. The Exercise is Medicine initiative aims to have every family doctor assessing […]
Clinical Cases: Global Input via BJSM’s Blog!
Submitted by editorial board member Dr Gavin Davis As clinicians, we often wish we had expert guidance at hand. There are some list-serves that provide this function and we hope that this blog might do the same thing. Feel free to submit difficult cases, and invite submissions from the readership to assist with patient management. As […]