The 7 most common injuries and illnesses seen at major multisport games

LIVE FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY! By Team England Sports Physicians: Paul Dijkstra & Noel Pollock (@DrPaulDijkstra / @DrNoelPollock) **Podcast with Dr Paul Dykstra sharing the UKAthletics Model for providing integrated (clinicians & coaches/S&C) – click here) Tonight is the closing ceremony of what has been an amazing 20th Commonwealth Games here in Glasgow; the most […]

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‘Care of the Female Athlete’ special theme issue: AMSSM call for manuscripts

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) is soliciting submissions for publication in the February 2014 issue of the BJSM. This AMSSM themed issue will focus on the broad topic of “Care of the Female Athlete”. (See the cover of the 2013 AMSSM special issue of BJSM at right).  Manuscript submissions can be in any area of […]

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Call for papers – The ECOSEP BJSM Judo and Martial Arts Issue 2013

ECOSEP  Invites  Submissions for December BJSM Issue (open to authors from all countries) We are putting together articles for an ECOSEP Judo and Martial Arts issue which will be published by the BJSM in December, 2013. We are particularly interested in articles that may influence the current practice of sports medicine and welcome submissions on […]

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BJSM cover competition – round 2 (Vote now!)

Thanks to everyone who voted in round 1 of our second annual BJSM cover competition. Perhaps due to flexibility envy, BJSM’s issue #2 (ECOSEP special issue) goes through to the final. See the four awesome covers in this second round. To recap: You (and your friends) vote below for your favourite cover. One click and you […]

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Advances in Sports Cardiology supplement: 17 terrific open access articles!

17 fantastic articles from leading experts comprise BJSM’s Advances in Sports Cardiology supplement. From: …Hot debates in US vs European approaches… Ventricular arrhythmias, stress, and adaptations associated with endurance sports athletes … To… Peripheral vascular structure and function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy… This supplement is packed with variety and quality. What’s more — all articles are open […]

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Mechanisms, persistence, and prevention of airway dysfunction in swimmers

Swimming is consistently one of the most popular Olympic sports. However, at BJSM we don’t care about Twitter gossip on Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice, nor are we particularly concerned if US Champion Michael Phelps wins more medals. We, of course, are interested in noteworthy research on swimmers’ health.   We focus today on Valérie Bougault […]

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Now the Wall Street Journal chimes in on athlete’s heart

Today a short link to the Wall Street Journal. [this link is to a free, shorter version of the paper – subscription version highlighted below]. BJSM Senior Associate Editor Jon Drezner is quoted liberally – all good stuff for sports medicine and for his University of Washington. Sports cardiology is a hot topic when it […]

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Consussion podcast still timely – McCrory on Consensus Statement

Concussion, concussion, concussion – has dominated the media over the past months. Major injuries to kids, research suggesting long-term problems, even the American Neurology Association updating their guidelines, now Sidney Crosby sits on the sidelines at millions of dollars 🙂 a day. BJSM afficionados will be aware but as we get new readers and blog […]

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Osteoarthritis Prevention: Important for the Young and Old

In April, our special issue of BJSM reminds athletes, clinicians, and coaches that prevention of osteoarthritis is important for both younger and older athletes. Check these papers online first if you have BJSM access – otherwise they’ll be up on April 1st. Dennis Caine and Yvonne Golightly review  the epidemiology of OA, the effect of […]

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Sudden death in sport – still not sorted

Just a quick post getting back into the year – highlighting that the issue of managing cardiac risk factors in sports is not easy. I was reading about various deaths in athletes when I came across this older, but interesting post. Remember also the September 2009 BJSM which dealt specifically with cardiac issues in the […]

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