Measures of Reliability in Sports Medicine and Science

Measures of reliability in sports medicine and science.

Reliability refers to the reproducibility of values of a test, assay or other measurement in repeated trials on the same individuals. Better reliability implies better precision of single measurements and better tracking of changes in measurements in research or practical settings. The main measures of reliability are within-subject random variation, systematic change in the mean, and retest co...

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 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...

A new era in sports science: the launch of BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

This Editorial celebrates the launch of BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation within the BMC series of journals published by BioMed Central. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation incorporates the recently closed Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology (SMARTT) with an expanded scope and Editorial Board. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitati...

BACKGROUND PAPER Sports science and medicine: ethics