context groin injuries are among the most common injuries co-existing with sports. the aim of this review was to outline the epidemiology and identify risk factors, as well as examine preventative and interventional measures for reducing the occurrence of this form of injury among athletes. evidence acquisition an electronic, systematic search for relevant keywords, either separately or in comb...

conclusions the levels of knowledge and skill among iranian physicians on major topics of sports and exercise medicine are low to medium. gps and interns are the first line of patient management so our findings suggest adding some sports medicine related topics into curriculum of medical doctors. materials and methods a cross-sectional study was performed in 2009 to determine the knowledge rega...

S aturday afternoon, five o clock, and its football time in the casualty waiting room. A colourful zoo of mud splattered jerseys, with makeshift splints, slings, and sodden ice packs. In a world of trauma and triage, musculoskeletal injuries take their place at the back of the queue. Weekend warriors limping home with this month’s NSAID and a double Tubigrip. And not just Saturday, for everyday...

Sports medicine is a relatively new subspecialty in Singapore. This commentary chronicles its evolution in Singapore from 1969, through various milestones, to the present day. The first sports medicine clinic in Singapore was established in 1971 at Farrer Park. Notable institutions that followed include the Sports Medicine and Research Centre (1973), Soldier Performance Centre, Changi Sports Me...

conclusions the he jump mat can be recommended in relation to the validity of constraints. in this study, only a part of the quality criteria were examined. for the final recommendation it is advised to examine the he jump mat on the other quality criteria (test-retest reliability, sensitivity change). background in the field of vertical jump diagnostics, force plates (fp) are the reference sta...

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) developed a musculoskeletal ultrasound curriculum for sports medicine fellowships in 2010. As the use of diagnostic and interventional ultrasound in sports medicine has evolved, it became clear that the curriculum needed to be updated. Furthermore, the name 'musculoskeletal ultrasound' was changed to 'sports ultrasound' (SPORTS US) to ref...

tory text. The major negative criticism of this book is that many subjects are treated so simply in order to be lucid that the author failed to convey the confusion and controversy that still exists on the subject; this, however, can be more aptly handled by a lecturer in a biochemistry course using this book as a foundation upon which he builds his lectures. In many cases, the author discussed...