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The scope, focus and quality of international sports injury prevention research
In the (almost) two decades that I have been working in injury research, I have witnessed increasing attention to sports injury prevention and the conduct of many new studies into this important issue. The area has moved from being almost exclusively focussed on only describing the injury problem through case series reports to a […]
More on writing
My niece sent me this: “The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.” Meant just to be a joke but I detect an important message for writers in there: be sure to keep tenses consistent. On another note: Our local paper publishes a column on words, aptly called “Watchwords”. […]
Hamstring muscle injuries – a challenge for sport and injury prevention
Hamstring injuries are a major problem in sport, both because of their frequency and the fact that they are known to be highly recurrent (up to 30%). These injuries do not feature prominently in hospital-based injury data collections because they are generally treated outside of the hospital setting, but injury surveillance studies conducted directly with […]
Helmets and cellphone while driving
A wag said: It just proves it is ok to use a cell phone while driving providing you are wearing a helmet. There is some humour in this photo to be sure but note the helmets are not for motorcyclists or even bicyclists. But this is more sad and scary than funny. And, unfortunately, there […]
Avoid clichés like the plague
Setting aside the jokey one above, it is nonetheless wise for writers to avoid clichés as much as possible. Most editors and many reviewers are allergic to them; the reaction is to look more carefully at the writing and perhaps to be less forgiving. Some clichés are more offensive than others, so we are told by the […]
Researchers pressured to cite superfluous papers
The results of a survey published in Science was the topic of a thoughtful piece in Nature. The issue was how often authors are pressured to use references that help the Journal (by boosting its impact factor) but which are otherwise superfluous. Apparently 20% of academics in the social sciences and business have had this […]
Sports injury prevention action – approaches from a peak international sports body and getting it onto public health agendas
2012 promises to be another year of substantive sports injury prevention action and what better way to start it than by learning from FIFA, the peak international sports body governing football (or soccer) programs worldwide. The January 2012 issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine includes a paper by Fuller, Junge and Dvorak from […]
CDC Public Health Grand Rounds: Injury Prevention
An important event to be viewed on YouTube. […]
Haiku signs in New York
In New York 12 street signs with a haiku underneath (designed by John Morse), have begun to appear. The plan is to install about 200 such signs, some in Spanish, at “crash-prone”crosswalks. They are believed to be ‘an eye-catching way to encourage safety.’ An example is a fallen bike with the caption: A sudden car […]