After studying medicine, conducting a PhD in Biomechanics and my clinical training, I have done a PostDoc at the Spaulding National Running Center/Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, MA. After an exciting and instructive time abroad, I followed a call to Hamburg, Germany, where I hold a full professorship for sports medicine at the medical faculty […]
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MEET & GREET THE TEAM … SANDRO VELLA
I am a Maltese physiotherapist working within the Primary health care setting and with the Maltese National football team. I am also reading for a PhD with Cardiff Metropolitan University. I believe that life is all about balance, and therefore I constantly seek to find balance in whatever I do. […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … MOA JEDERSTRÖM
I am a PhD student at Athletics Research Center (Linköping University, Sweden) and a former figure skater. I graduated from med school in 2021 and am currently working as a junior doctor at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Linköping University Hospital. Having a background as a competitive figure skater, I also work part-time as […]
MEET & GREET THE TEAM … LAILA USACKA
I am Laila Usacka, an SEM resident at the University of Latvia. I have worked with ice hockey and floorball teams for more than 10 years. Since my parents are mountain climbers and my mother is a professor in sports physiology, my heart and interest also lie in mountaineering, hypoxic environments and working in a […]
SEM AROUND THE WORLD … PORTUGAL
We invited Dr Miguel Reis e Silva, in his quality of a contributor to the Portuguese National Programme for the Promotion of the Physical Activity of the Directorate-General for Health, to share his perspective on Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) in his home country, Portugal. […]
A PEEK BEHIND THE STUDY … WITH TIMOFEI DOVBYSH
Dovbysh T, Reid D, Shackel D. Injury incidence within male elite New Zealand cricket from the early T20 era: 2009–2015 BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2021;7:e001168. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001168 […]
A PEEK BEHIND THE STUDY … WITH JANE FITZPATRICK
Prasanna J Gamage, Saran Seker, Jessica Orchard, David Humphries, Kylie Fitzgerald, Jane Fitzpatrick. Insights into the complexity of presentation and management of patients: the Sport and Exercise Physician’s perspective. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2021;7:e001228. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001228 […]
A PEEK BEHIND THE STUDY … WITH NEAL MILLAR
Challoumas D, Pedret C, Biddle M, et al. Management of patellar tendinopathy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised studies. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2021;7:e001110. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001110 […]
SEM AROUND THE WORLD … CANADA
In her quality as a board member of the Canadian Academy of Sports and Exercise Medicine (CASEM), we invited Dr Jane Thornton to present her perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) in her home country, Canada. […]
SEM AROUND THE WORLD … BRAZIL
As president of the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy (IFSPT), Dr Luciana De Michelis Mendonça was invited to present her perspective on Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) in her home country Brazil. […]