In this number - social medicine: Olympic dimensions

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The Olympic Games and sports medicine.

Both the lofty aims of the Olympic movement and the tangible aim ofwinning Olympic Gold medals means that the BOA has become involved more broadly in the provision and development of sports science and medicine in Great Britain. We have a responsibility to all individuals who take part in any Olympic sport, especially the juniors who so often fail to make that difficult leap to successful senio...

Sport and exercise medicine and the Olympic health legacy

London 2012 is the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to explicitly try and develop socioeconomic legacies for which success indicators are specified - the highest profile of which was to deliver a health legacy by getting two million more people more active by 2012. This editorial highlights how specialists in Sport and Exercise Medicine can contribute towards increasing physical activity part...

In this issue of Occupational Medicine.

Eight years ago, Occupational Medicine published Waddell and Burton's evidence-based occupational health guidelines for the management of low back pain at work [1]. This work remains one of the most frequently cited and accessed papers we have published. In this issue, Kim Burton and colleagues publish their evidence-based review of the management of work-relevant upper limb disorders and it wi...

In this special issue of Occupational Medicine.

Celebrating Occupational Medicine in Canada This special issue of Occupational Medicine is dedicated to occupational medicine in Canada. Occupational Medicine has been for many years the adopted journal of the Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada (OEMAC) and close collaboration between the journal and Canadian occupational physicians is encouraged. The papers in this iss...