Sports medicine
15 April 2008
The International Federation of Sports Medicine uses the most satisfactory of the many definitions of sports medicine:
"Sports medicine embodies theoretical and practical medicine which examines the influence of exercise, training and sports, as well as lack of exercise, on healthy and unhealthy people of all ages to produce results that are conductive to prevention, therapy, and rehabilitation as well as beneficial for the athlete himself." (The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine, by Lock S, Last J M, Dunea G. Oxford Univ. Press, 2001)
The BMA Board of Science has published guidance on doctor's assistance at sporting events
Go to the Doctors' assistance to sports clubs & sporting events, 2001
Access the BMJ articles on sports medicine here.
Print resources
Journals
British journal of sports medicine
BMJ Publishing Group, ISSN 0306-3674
Publishes original work, commissioned reviews and current opinion, covering all aspects of sports medicine, the management of sports injury, exercise physiology, sports psychology, physiotherapy and the epidemiology of exercise and health. Indexed by all the major indexing services, including ISI current contents and Medline.
http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/
Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness
Institute of Sports Science (Rome)
Minerva Medica, ISSN 0022-4707
For scientific papers relating to the area of the applied physiology, preventive medicine, sports medicine and traumatology, sports psychology
http://www.minervamedica.it/
Medicine and sport science
Karger, ISSN 0254-5020
Inaugurated at a time when the sports sciences were separated from medicine. From the first volume on, the editors have united these two areas in order to bridge the gap between medicine and sport science and to give the scientific community at large, and biomedical researchers in particular, the full benefit of current advances being made in the multifaceted domains of sports medicine. Contributions from biomechanics, biochemistry, morphology, engineering, and from different areas of clinical medicine are incorporated.
http://www.karger.com/bookseries/MSPSC/mspsc.htm
Books and reports
Some recent books on sports medicine in stock in the BMA library, are listed below:
Arciero RA. Sports medicine
McGraw-Hill, 2004
BMA Location: BMA QT 261
British Medical Association. Drugs in sport: the pressure to perform.
BMJ Books, 2002
BMA location: BMA 972 (also available to members as an e-book, access e-book here)
Brukner P, Khan K. Clinical sports medicine.
McGraw-Hill, 2004
BMA location: QT 261
Macauley D, Best TM. Evidence-based sports medicine.
BMJ Books, 2002
BMA location: BMA 956 (also available to members as an e-book, access e-book here)
Rolf C. Sports injuries handbook : diagnosis and management.
A & C Black, 2007.
BMA location: QT 261
Schepsis AA. Sports medicine.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
BMA location: QT 261
StagerJM, Tanner DA. Handbook of sports medicine and science : swimming.
Blackwell Science 2005
BMA location: QT 261
Whyte GP et al. ABC of sports and exercise medicine
Blackwell 2005
BMA location: QT 261
Audiovisual resources
Cardiovascular problems: a programme of exercise. Telemed, 1996. 10 mins
GP referall scheme encouraging patients to exercise, enjoyably and safely.
BMA location: BMA 1776V
Exercise for older people. University of Birmingham, 1993. 57 mins
Introduces simple exercises for older people which help to raise important functional thresholds.
BMA location: BMA 1396V
Medical review: sports medicine. Telemed Ltd., 1998. 13 mins
A look at sports medicine and how sciences plays a role in the treatment of patients.
BMA Location: BMA 2121V
Web resources
eMedicine textbook: sports medicine section
Wide range of topics with chapter headings on face and head, foot and ankle, hip, knee, lower and upper limb, neurological, shoulder, spine, wrist and hand
http://www.emedicine.com/sports/
FirstAid4Sport
First Aid specialists for the prevention, treatment and on-going care of sport injury
http://www.firstaid4sport.co.uk/
Medlineplus (National Library of Medicine, USA)
Medlineplus is a consumer-oriented site created by the people who produce MEDLINE. This page includes the latest news, research studies, directories of organisations and so on.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sportsinjuries.html
Sports medicine
Provides information about the related fields in sports medicine promotes health, wellness, and physical activity. Also includes directories of events, resources, organisations etc:
http://www.sportsmedicine.com/
Other organisations and libraries
Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
Sandra Barley
5 Ewden House
12 Holyrood Avenue
Lodge Moor
Sheffield
S10 4NW
Tel: 0114 2305665
email: sandra.barley@tiscali.co.uk
http://www.acpsm.org/
British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM)
BASEM Office
PO Box 148
Chelsea Close
Amberley Road
Armley
Leeds
LS12 4WW
tel: 0113 263 5014
email: basemoffice@compuserve.com
http://www.basem.co.uk/
British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES)
Chelsea Close, Off Amberley Road
Armley
Leeds
LS12 4HP
tel/fax: 0113 289 1020
http://www.bases.org.uk/
British Association of Sports Rehabilitator's and Trainers (BASRaT)
http://www.basrat.org/
It was set up to oversee issues surrounding quality of undergraduate education, standards of practice and code of ethics, plus the important issues regarding professional malpractice and liability indemnity.
British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine (BIMM)
34 The Avenue
Watford
Herts
WD17 4AH
tel: 01923 220 999
fax: 01923 249 037
email: info@bimm.org.uk
Professional membership organisation which aims to promote knowledge and interest in musculoskeletal medicine to the profession.
Centre for Sports Science and History (CENSSAH)
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
tel: 0121 414 5843
fax: 0121 471 4691
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
tel: 020 7211 6200
email: enquiries@culture.gov.uk
http://www.culture.gov.uk/about_us/sport/
European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations
IUSM - Sports Medicine Dept.
Piazza L.De Bosis 6
I-00194 Roma
Italy
tel. +39 06 36733512 / 569
fax +39 06 36733344
email: medsporm@iusm.it
http://www.efsma.net/
International Federation of Sports Medicine
http://www.fims.org/
An international community of sports medicine specialists who are researching and practicing sports medicine techniques for athletes.
National Sports Medicine Institute UK
32 Devonshire Street
London
W1G 6PX
tel: 020 7908 3636
fax: 020 7908 3635
email: enquiry@nsmi.org.uk
Works in partnership with other organisations to provide information, education and consultancy services for those engaged in sport and exercise care from grass roots to elite athletes.
The Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University
Henry Cotton Campus
15-21 Webster Street
Liverpool
L3 2ET
tel: 0151 231 4323
fax: 0151 231 4353
http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/sps/
Promotes research, provides postgraduate training and offers consultancy services by organising scientific events, securing funding for research projects, providing structured research programmes for postgraduate students and offering its services to industrial public and sport organisations who seek its expertise.