Our Mission The Vision of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and the UF Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation divisions of Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is to be a center for excellence for patient care, education and research related to injuries and conditions that affect the ability of individuals to successfully participate in sports, performing ...

1Adjunct Professor, Instituto Biomédico, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Specialist in Sports Medicine from Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Exercício e do Esporte (SBMEE) and Cardiology from Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC). Former President of the Brazilian Society of Sports Medicine (2009/2011). Secretary General of the Panamerican Confederation of Sports Medicine (Copamede). Tr...

Our Mission The Vision of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and the UF Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation divisions of Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is to be a center for excellence for patient care, education and research related to injuries and conditions that affect the ability of individuals to successfully participate in sports, performing ...

Our Mission The Vision of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and the UF Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation divisions of Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is to be a center for excellence for patient care, education and research related to injuries and conditions that affect the ability of individuals to successfully participate in sports, performing ...

There are problems about the limitations of medical skills, both generally and in the individual case. In sport every coach and athlete is almost uninterested in present knowledge and its limits. The coach only starts looking for new aids at the borders of the present knowledge. Therefore, the doctor is in the land of speculation, risk, research and new ground, new theory and new fact. In pract...

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 healthcare profession. Adequate...

Our Mission The Vision of the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and the UF Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation divisions of Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is to be a center for excellence for patient care, education and research related to injuries and conditions that affect the ability of individuals to successfully participate in sports, performing ...

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...

Introduction Sports Medicine is a constantly evolving profession.1 The past 20 years has seen an explosion in the sophistication of sports medicine and sports science within Australia.2 Traditionally in Australian Rules football, a medical team would consist of a group of ‘sports trainers’ to assist players with injury management and prevention. Typical duties of a sports trainer would involve ...

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine recognises a need to provide direction and continually enhance the quality of sports medicine fellowship training programmes. This document was developed to be an educational resource for sports medicine physicians who teach in a 1-year primary care sports medicine fellowship training programme. It is meant to provide high standards and targets f...