An insight into a living systematic review and meta-analysis, as part of the BJSM’s new #KnowledgeTranslation blog series In our blog, we will explain why and how we did our study, and what makes it different from previous systematic reviews on treatments for Achilles tendinopathy. This large project took more than two years to complete […]
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Healthy return to performance in elite athletes and para-athletes after the COVID-19 lockdown
A proposal to guide in “terra incognita” How can elite athletes and para-athletes (hereafter referred as “athletes”) manage the return to performance by minimizing injury risk after this lockdown period due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic? We assume that, beyond the health-related clinical consequences of COVID-19 and/or lockdown – including COVID-19-related risk of cardiopulmonary […]
Socially distanced rehabilitation supported by technology: a potential new normal for post-ITU deconditioning?
One way to get patients back on their feet after COVID19 infection Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has dramatically affected global society and it is unclear when its effects will subside. There have been over 500,000 deaths and 13.5 million documented infections as of the 15th July. The UK has seen over 45,000 deaths and over 291,000 […]
Are we allowing injured athletes enough time to biologically recover from injury?
Building on last week’s podcast about biological healing with Professor Erik Witvrouw Are injury recurrences due to a return to sport prior to adequate biological healing? Can we accurately measure stages healing with imaging or blood tests? On this BJSM podcast, Dr Liam West discusses the importance of respecting biological healing in musculoskeletal injuries with […]
Community physical activity interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: where there’s a will, there’s a way!
The Route to Moving The city of Bogotá in Colombia officially entered into a strict quarantine on 25 March 2020 because of the new coronavirus, COVID-19. The number of deaths from COVID-19 was much lower than predicted and some restrictions were relaxed. However, on 10 July 2020, the decision was taken to reimpose strict quarantines […]
International sports and exercise medicine consensus meetings in the COVID-19 era: Zoom-ing across borders
Reflections on a new way of reaching consensus in an age without travel Having secured funding and planned a June 2020 face-to-face consensus meeting, where global concussion and disability sports experts would travel to the United Kingdom, COVID-19 provided a “curveball”! Typically, consensus process includes establishing an expert group, conducting preparatory/planning work, and reaching consensus […]
Are you communicating with your athletes/patients in a way that optimises their performance? Learn top tips from an expert in the field!
How can we most effectively communicate with our athletes to improve their immediate performance and promote long term retention? The language we use dominates how we interact and communicate with each other. The language we use with athletes in order to get optimum performance has been a topic of high interest in recent years. We […]
Community sport is back: here’s how to safely power up in a COVID-19 environment
Sport delivers more than just benefits to our physical health. With COVID-19 having decimated any notion of ‘normality’ within local communities, the contribution of sport to community identity is potentially more important than ever, providing a focal point for community engagement and sense of normality. With the SARS-CoV-2 virus still active in many part of […]
Medical Care and first aid: a framework for organised non-elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic
Will you be providing first-aid care to athletes in a non-elite setting? This guidance (in pdf format at the end of the document) defines and rationalises emergency and first aid care during the current time of heightened awareness of contracting and transmitting COVID-19. This follows on from an elite sport framework which uses Public Health England […]
Sport and Exercise Medicine’s contribution to ‘social prescribing and lifestyle medicine’, more than just anecdotal support?
BJSM readers will be familiar with the concept of ‘Social Prescribing’, and the rapid pace at which it is being advocated across the world. As a journal, it has been inspiring and insightful to see some of the core concepts and aspects of social prescribing and lifestyle medicine making the jump from ‘expert opinion and […]