By Jenny Osorio and Marcel Caufriez We welcome the paper by Martin-Rodriguez and BØ on the Hypopressive Abdominal Technique (HAT) (1) and share their concerns regarding the time that has elapsed between first observations and the achievement of level 1A evidence in physiotherapy. Creator of the Hypopressive Method (and blog co-author), Dr. Caufriez is not cited by Martin-Rodriguez […]
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Beat the heat with the OSHA-NIOSH mobile app
By Franck Brocherie @BrocherieF, Sébastien Racinais @ephysiol APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Heat Safety Tool CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Weather, Sports Medicine PLATFORM iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch; Android – 4.3 and up. COST Free. ABOUT THE APP According to the Occupational Safety and […]
fit4future: a school programme that makes Swiss kids move more!
Swiss Junior Doctors and Undergraduate Perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine Blog Series By Chloé Joray In Switzerland, almost one in five children is overweight(1). The causes are complex and multifactorial however, we know well that low levels of physical activity and unhealthy diets are a major part of the problem(2). Health initiatives at schools […]
Blood flow restriction: miracle return to play adjunct or therapy fad?
By Paul Blazey @blazey85 Blood flow restriction training (BFR) is attracting more and more attention as sports teams look at different ways to minimize return to play times for their athletes. In 2016, Paul Head (T: @PHphysio) introduced me to the benefits of blood flow restriction training for clinical populations (https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2016/10/18/can-blood-flow-restriction-training-improve-outcomes-clinical-populations/). I’m pleased that recent […]
Word gets around: qualitative data and injury research
By Robert McCunn @RobertMcCunn , Neil V Gibson @360CUK, Liam D Harper @lharper89 Qualitative research methods are underused in our field. The prevailing epistemological approach in sports medicine favours the use of objective, numerical data. Indeed, such data and methodology is important; however, it does not always tell the full story. Context and nuance are not easily […]
Raising Awareness of RED-S in Male and Female Athletes and Dancers
Dr Nicky Keay @nickyKfitness Health4Performance is a recently developed BASEM open access educational resource This is a world premier: a resource developed for and by athletes/dancers, coaches/teachers, parents/friends and healthcare professionals to raise awareness of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) What? Optimal health is required to attain full athletic potential. Low energy availability (LEA) can compromise […]
Conference announcement! 14th Portuguese Sports Medicine Conference in Braga
By Rita Tomás @rtomasmd On behalf of the Organizing Committee and the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Society of Sports Medicine, I would like to welcome all faculty and attendees to the 2018 European City of Sport, Braga this November 15th-17th. This is the 14th edition of the national conference. Hot topics on the […]
Methods for acquiring kinematic data in alpine skiing (Part 2)
Click here to read Part 1 of this blog. By Wlodzimierz S. Erdmann, Piotr Aschenbrenner, Vasilis Giovanis To prevent sport accidents, one needs to understand injury mechanisms [8]. At the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century huge investigations were taken out on alpine skiing using several methods to understand […]
Open letter from academics, practitioners, students and members of the public to the British Medical Association, the British Medical Journal publishing group, and the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine regarding editorial governance of the British Journal of Sports Medicine
BMJ Response: 19/10/18 Dear Dr Lahart, Guess, Mellor, and Nunan, I am now in a position to respond more fully to your open letter. I appreciate your robust engagement with the BJSM. The BMJ encourages comment and criticism, and your questioning of the BJSM’s policy on freeing up content is an example of the scrutiny […]
Special e-edition of BJSM: Pain management
Welcome to this extra e-journal edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine. BJSM readers, listeners and other social media followers have a keen interest in pain. It’s a big problem! So, here is an online only version of BJSM and external content just for you! This is all content that has been published before – […]