This document provides an overview of selected medical issues that are important to team physicians who are responsible for the care and treatment of athletes. It is not intended as a standard of care, and should not be interpreted as such. This document is only a guide, and as such, is of a general nature, consistent with the reasonable, objective practice of the health care profession. Adequa...

OBJECTIVE To determine the general status of sports medicine training in internal medicine residency programmes in the United States. METHODS A cross sectional survey of the programme directors and chief residents of each of the 407 accredited internal medicine programmes listed in the 1999-2000 Graduate Medical Education Directory. RESULTS The questionnaire was returned by 231 of 404 (57%)...

To the question “What is psychology,” Dean Carl E. Seashore of the State University of Iowa once answered, “Anything that interests the psychologist.” A similar answer might be given to the question of “What is sports medicine?” It is “anything that relates to sports or physical welfare that interests those who are interested in sports medicine.” 1 By 2004 there was still no consensus in the Un...

The bible of sports medicine. It covers all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports related injuriesBrukner and Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine is the bible of sports medicine. The text explores all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries and physical activity such as the fundamental principles of sports medicine, diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, enhancem...

Department of Sports Medicine, ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Institute for Environmental Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA Department of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, USA ...

Sports Medicine Open provides an online, open access journal for the publication of research in the field of sport and exercise medicine. Like Springer’s flagship journal in the area, Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine Open bridges the gap between science and practice in the promotion of exercise and health, and in the scientific assessment, study and understanding of sports performance. Sports M...

1 Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, Doha, Qatar, 2 Endurance Research Group, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, United Kingdom, 3 Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Exercise and Sports Science Department, Doha, Qatar, 4 Aspetar – Qatar Orthopaedic and...

OBJECTIVE To examine the evidence base of sports medicine research. METHODS A sample of four major journals that present core research in sport and exercise medicine (British Journal of Sports Medicine, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, and Physical Therapy) was examined using assessment criteria taken from the READER method. RESUL...

the term massage comes from the french verb” masser” which means to rub. in greek, it comes from the word “masso” which means to rub with the hands. massage therapy has been very common among different nations since antiquity. in iranian traditional medicine, the word “dalk” has been used with the meaning of massage. among various functions known for giving massage that used for the athletes re...