By Wlodzimierz S. Erdmann, Piotr Aschenbrenner, Vasilis Giovanis The motion involved in alpine skiing is one of the most difficult to analyze because the trajectory is curvilinear and the athlete moves in a wide, open space. In alpine ski disciplines, the skier is moving relative to the start and finish planes, relative to snow/ground level […]
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#BJSMCoverComp2018 – Win prizes!
It’s back! We’re thrilled to announce the return of the hugely popular annual cover competition! You can win great prizes by engaging with the social media polls over the next three weeks. Follow us on our Facebook and Twitter (@BJSM_BMJ) pages to like, share and comment on your favourite cover. The most engagement on one cover […]
The Sneakers in the Closet
By Phillip B. Sparling I was in the basement going through our cedar chest hoping to locate some obscure document related to family history. Under the photo albums, I discovered an old baseball glove, a junior high football jersey and a pair of kangaroo-hide track spikes. Unexpectedly, I found old friends. The Rawlings glove was […]
BJSM APP REVIEW – UBC Radiology
By Daniel Friedman @ddfriedman APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION UBC Radiology Teaching App CREATORS Dr. Kathryn Darras (Project Lead) and Dr. Matthew Toom (Technical Lead) CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Medical PLATFORM iOS (requires iOS 8.0 or later; compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch), Android COST Free ABOUT THE APP Based on the […]
Synergistic interactions of steroid hormones
By Dr Nicky Keay @nickyKfitness The action of the sun on skin is the most effective way of making vitamin D. However, even walking around outside naked for 5 hours every day during UK winter months is not sufficient to make adequate vitamin D. Therefore, much to the relief of the audience at the recent BASEM Spring […]
APP REVIEW. Physiotherapy Assessment Tool (PHAST): clinical assessment guide and injury profile identification
By Natalia Bittencourt @bittencourt_nfn, Sergio Fonseca and Luciana D Mendonça @luludemichelis APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION PHAST – Physiotherapy Assessment Tool CATEGORY OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION Android: health and wellness; iOS: health and fitness. PLATFORM Android, iOS. COST 3 Free Assessment credits; 10 Assessment credits US$23.99 ABOUT THE APP Several sports injuries are a result […]
“Do the associations of sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality differ by physical activity level? A systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis of data from 850,060 participants” – What it all means
The Physical Activity and Population Health BJSM Blog Series By Sonia Cheng @soniawmcheng Standing desks! Walking meetings! With phrases like “Sitting is the new smoking” making headlines in the media and almost 40% of Australian newspaper stories about sedentary behaviour suggesting that the benefits of physical activity (PA) are negated by too much sitting1, I […]
How physiotherapists can contribute to decision making: a proposal for a PT treatment pathway for knee osteoarthritis
By Afxentios Kekelekis @afxentios Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause for knee pain and disability worldwide.1Approximately 25% of people aged over 60 years experience knee pain from degenerative knee disease.2 Risk factors for knee OA are multifactorial and include age, previous knee injury, female gender, obesity, diabetes, sedentary life, and psychosocial agents.1The most traditionally […]
Deload the runner: La Trobe SEM Run Science Symposium review July 6th-7th [PART 2]
By Luke Nelson @sportschiroluke, Brad Beer @Brad_Beer and Hamish Vickerman @Hamishvic Two days of action-packed learning at the LaTrobe Run Science Symposium last month led us to write up a Part 2 to our initial blog (Check out PART 1 here). In this blog, we add in plenty of clinical pearls and a link to […]
7-minute workout: high intensity circuit training
By Manolis Adamakis APP REVIEW NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION J&J Official 7 Minute Workout PLATFORM Android (4.4 or later) – iOS (10.0 or later). COST Free ABOUT THE APP The 7 Minute Workout® app is an official science-based app designed by the Department of Exercise Physiology at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance […]