Emotional labor and professional practice in sports medicine and science

Hong Kong Sports Institute: sports medicine and science from theory to practice.

The Hong Kong Jubilee Sports Centre was established in 1981 as the National Training Centre for elite sportsmen and sportswomen in Hong Kong. There were 11 residential sports: soccer, badminton, table tennis, tennis, fencing, gymnastics, squash, rowing, windsurfing, track and field, and swimming, each with a system of professional coaches and supporting technical staff. A number of non-resident...

BACKGROUND PAPER Sports science and medicine: ethics

The use of biomechanics across sports science and sports medicine.

5 the golf swing based on golf handicap. J Sci Med Sport 2012; 15:250–254. The Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is a multidisciplinary ournal that publishes research findings across a broad range of ports science and sports medicine disciplines. Whilst this can pose hallenges at times in relation to the many disciplines we need to onsider in achieving a balance of content that sits well...

Sports-science roundtable: does sports-science research influence practice?

As sports scientists, we claim to make a significant contribution to the body of knowledge that influences athletic practice and performance. Is this the reality? At the inaugural congress of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science, a panel of well-credentialed academic experts with experience in the applied environment debated the question, Does sports-science research influ...

Sports Science vs “Boutique Medicine”

T he practice of sports medicine in 2011 is fascinating. The advancement of disciplines like tissue engineering has expanded our armamentarium tremendously. Along with the typical orthopaedic toolbox of metal plates, rods, methylmethacrylate, and polyethylene comes synthetic membranes, biologic scaffolds, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and stem cell treatments. To some extent, we can already biolo...