Sport and Exercise Medicine: The UK trainee perspective – A BJSM blog series By Dr Farrah Jawad Active Movement is an initiative that focuses on simple behaviour changes to empower people to sit less and move more. Their aim is to: (i) integrate low level activity into our daily lives, (ii) make movement accessible for all, without […]
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Assessing when it’s the right time to have a knee replacement
By John Orchard (@DrJohnOrchard) The Scandinavians have done it again – leading the world of orthopaedic outcome research with the first high-quality RCT to assess Total Knee Replacement (TKR) [1]. Danish investigators randomised 100 eligible patients (average age 67, BMI 32) to either TKR (n=50) or conservative care (n=50). Fortunately for knee surgeons – […]
Fear of hypoglycaemia is the greatest barrier to exercise in type 1 diabetics: What health professionals need to know
Undergraduate perspective on Sports & Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Manroy Sahni (@manroysahni) A plethora of health benefits are associated with physical activity in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) (Chimen et al., 2012). Thus, it is important to encourage exercise in T1DM as, just like the general population, the majority of these patients […]
Missed the ACPSEM Biennial Young Athlete conference? Not to worry- here are some highlights with links to key resources
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sport and Exercise Medicine blog series @PhysiosinSport CONFERENCE REPORT By Zachary Spargo (@ZachSpargo) The Physios in Sport (ACPSEM) Biennial Young Athlete Conference was in no uncertain terms an absolute classic! Great speakers, hot topics, lots of networking and above all – mini burgers for lunch! The focus was on managing […]
Hamstring Rehabilitation: Criteria based progression protocol and clinical predictors for return to play
By Nicol van Dyk, Physiotherapist, Rehabilitation Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital and; Rod Whiteley, Assistant Director, Rehabilitation Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital (presented at the ASICS Sports Medicine Australia conference 2015 – find all the slides here) “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Yogi Berra It is […]
Winners! – Official 2014/2015 BJSM Systematic Review Awards – Part 2: Walking groups and ACL injury prevention take home the “Intervention SR” title
By Johann Windt, MS, CSCS, CIHR Doctoral Award Scholar BJSM has annual awards for the best systematic reviews. The award has two categories: 1) Risk Factor Systematic Reviews 2) Intervention Systematic Reviews For the judging criteria, as well as the winner of the best risk factor-related systematic review, please look back at Part 1. What […]
Can I tell you something? I’m doping…
By HP Dijkstra¹, N van Dyk², YO Schumacher¹ ¹Sports Medicine Department, Aspetar Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar. ²Rehabilitation Department, Aspetar Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Doping in sport, particularly in track and field, is a reality.[1] [2] The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) condemned a rife doping culture in Russian […]
Undergraduate Physiotherapists at Sheffield Hallam University use Interdisciplinary Exercise Medicine Resources
By Anna Lowe In 2014 Exercise Works! (an organisation that promotes the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases) made huge steps forward to enhance the exercise-related content of medical undergraduate curricula. The project “Training tomorrow’s doctors, in exercise medicine, for tomorrow’s patients” (Tomorrow’s Doctors), funded by Public Health England, led to the development of exercise […]
Vote now! Round 3 of the 2015 BJSM cover competition
Welcome to the second last preliminary round of the 2015 cover competition. Win a prize! We will reveal this year’s prizes (voters in the final round get entered in a draw, and profiled on the blog) next round. See last years winners HERE. There is a rumor winners may get entered into a very small group who will […]
Running Virtual Conference: all the hot topics and resource links in one blog!
A monthly round-up of podcasts and articles By Steffan Griffin (@lifestylemedic) In the penultimate virtual conference of 2015, the topic is one that becomes increasingly relevant at the turn of the year, likely featuring on a lot of people’s New Year’s resolutions – running. In the same format as its predecessors on the hamstring, shoulder, […]