It is currently widely accepted among clinicians that chronic tendinopathy is caused by a degenerative process devoid of inflammation. The evidence for non-inflammatory degenerative processes alone as the cause of tendinopathy is surprisingly weak. In this podcast, Jon Rees a rheumatologist at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust tells Jill Cook why the role of inflammation offers potential opportunities in treating chronic tendinopathies and should be explored further. Read the a...
Aug 16, 2013•17 min
Adam Weir talks to Ben Kibler from the Shoulder Center of Kentucky about the 2013 consensus statement on scapular dyskinesis in shoulder injury. Read the editor's choice article for free online: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/14/877.full The second international consensus conference on the scapula was held in Lexington Kentucky. The purpose of the conference was to update, present and discuss the accumulated knowledge regarding scapular involvement in various shoulder injuries and highlight the ...
Aug 14, 2013•17 min
Welcome to the first Sports Medcast, brought to you in association with the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. In this episode, hosts Dr Scott Young and Dr Cole Taylor discuss the practical considerations of heat injury evaluation and management with Dr Fran O'Connor, Chair of Military Medicine at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. We'd very much like to hear your feedback on this episode, email us at thesportsmedcast@gmail.com.
Aug 12, 2013•33 min
David Pope (@DavidKPope) is a practicing physiotherapist in Australia and a pioneer in social media for physio education. His podcasts via ClinicalEdge (www.clinicaledge.com.au/pages/podcast) with stellar guests such as David Butler and Jill Cook have had many tens of thousands of listeners. In this podcast, BJSM turns the microphone around and asks him to share the secrets of contemporary clinical teaching methods and clinical reasoning.
Jul 16, 2013•19 min
In questo Podcast, il Prof Antonio Pelliccia, esperto a livello modiale nell’ambito della Cardiologia dello Sport, parla della prevenzione della morte improvvisa nello sportivo. Campo in continuo sviluppo, la cardiologia dello sport trova nell’Italia uno dei paesi pionieristici, sia in ambito clinico che nella ricerca scientifica. You can listen to an English version of this podcast here: http://goo.gl/4VgAfC
Jul 12, 2013•13 min
In this podcast, Prof Antonio Pelliccia, Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Rome, Italy, an international expert in sports cardiology, talks about the prevention of sudden death in athletes. In a field in continuous development, sports cardiologists in Italy are leading the way, both in clinical and scientific research. This podcast is also available in Italian: http://goo.gl/5fweGj
Jul 12, 2013•10 min
Dr Peter Brukner has been looking at nutrition for health, both of athletes and in the wider population. In this podcast he speaks to Professor Tim Noakes, author of The Lore of Running, originator of the central governor theory, and a strong exponent of the low carbohyrate-high fat diet. Tim talks about his views on carbohydrate, and how his experience of a very low carb diet has changed the way he views the decades old advice of low-fat intake - particularly when it comes to treatment of patie...
Jun 25, 2013•30 min
We are talking tendons again in this podcast because the next International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium has been scheduled for September 5 and 6 in Oxford, UK. This exciting event follows on from two successful conferences in Vancouver in 2012 and Umea in 2010. The consensus paper from the Vancouver conference is open access in the June 2013 edition of BJSM [http://bit.ly/13fLIN1]. In this podcast I am talking to with Dr Mark Thompson, a biomedical engineer from Oxford University, who lead...
Jun 03, 2013•16 min
Carl Askling, Ph.D., P.T., är forskare och lektor på Gymnastik och Idrottshögskolan, Stockholm och är knuten till Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. Carl Askling har skrivit en avhandling om akuta skador av hamstringsmuskulaturen, “Hamstring Muscle Strain”, Karolinska Institutet, 2008, och har fortsätt att forska runt akuta hamstringsskador på bl.a. fotbollspelare. I den här podcasten talar idrottsläkare Babette Pluim med Carl om hans senaste forskningsresultat. See also: Carl’s podcast on hamstr...
May 20, 2013•15 min
Dr Juan Manual Alonso is a spanish sports physician and PhD with vast experience in track and field - six Summer Olympic Games just to start! He is the head of the IAAF (Athletics) where he had a global responsibility for antidoping (since 2003) and for guiding athlete care for all 200 countries in the Athletics Federation. He has recently begun working at Aspetar-Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. Jurdan Mendiguchia is a spanish physiotherapist with vast experience at home and in I...
May 13, 2013•15 min
El Dr Juan Manuel Alonso es un médico del deporte español con dilatada experiencia en el atletismo (¡ha estado presente en 6 juegos olímpicos!). Es el presidente de la Comisión Médica y Anti-dopaje de la IAAF donde se ocupa de la lucha antidopaje y del cuidado general de los atletas de los 200 países que integran la Federación Internacional de Atletismo. Recientemente se ha incorporado a trabajar en Catar en el Hospital Aspetar de Medicina del Deporte y Cirugía Ortopédica. Jurdan Mendiguchia es ...
May 13, 2013•27 min
Professor Jiri Dvorak discusses the major public health initiative ‘Football for Health’ which has already been adopted in 19 countries. He also introduces that 11 steps to prevent cardiac death and revisits progess on the 11+, a warmup program that reduces lower limb injuries in football. Professor Dvorak is the Chief Medical Officer for FIFA and Chairman F-MARC.
May 13, 2013•27 min
Professor David Bishop, from the Institute of Sport, Exercise, and Active Living (SEAL) at the University of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, discusses the evidence base for altitude training to improve performance. The innovation is the role in team sports like football codes. He discusses with Karim Khan the differences between low oxygen and low barometric pressure, ways of replicating environmental effects without having to travel. Can this help your team? A top podcast for strength and con...
May 08, 2013•12 min
Terrified of Twitter? Afraid of apps? Evert Verhagen, sports scientist and academic from de Vue University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, guides us through everything sports clinicians need to know about social media and apps, and how they can aid clinical practice and health promotion. As well as being able to have references and guidance on your phone or tablet, these can help you stay bang up up to date in your field, and keep an eye on your athletes’ wellbeing. See also: Evert’s blog: Social med...
May 07, 2013•13 min
Paul McCrory, neurologist and sports physician at the University of Melbourne, talks us through what to do if you think you’ve had a concussion, when you can go back to sport, and what the complications of concussion are.
Apr 30, 2013•6 min
If you’re worried that your child has had concussion, this podcast is for you. Paul McCrory, neurologist and sports physician at the University of Melbourne, discusses the Concussion Recognition Tool, the guide that you can use if you suspect a diagnosis of concussion. What should you do? Dr McCrory also talks us through the symptoms of concussion, and how to know when a child has recovered. You can access the Concussion Recognition Tool here http://bit.ly/11TiFxW. And the SCAT recognition tool ...
Apr 30, 2013•5 min
Paul McCrory, neurologist and sports medic at the University of Melbourne, gives us the new, take home messages from the latest concussion consensus statement. For a guide to all the content in the latest injury prevention and health protection issue of BJSM, where the consensus is published, listen to Dr McCrory’s earlier podcast http://bit.ly/12XvGb5. All the content from the issue can be found here http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/5.toc.
Apr 30, 2013•3 min
The latest injury prevention and health protection issue of BJSM focuses on concussion, and in this podcast Paul McCrory, neurologist and sports physician at the University of Melbourne, gives us an overview of what’s included, so you can target the content which you find most helpful. Dr McCrory takes us through the consensus statement on concussion in sport published in the issue, as well as the 12 review papers which inform it. All the content from the issue can be found here bjsm.bmj.com/con...
Apr 30, 2013•13 min
As we hit marathon season, Peter Brukner, BJSM senior associate editor, discusses the controversy around hydration for athletes with Tim Noakes, professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town and author of ‘Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports’. Professor Noakes explains who is at risk of hyponatremia, and how to spot and treat the condition. He lays out the advice sports physicians should be giving athletes. He also describes how commerc...
Apr 23, 2013•19 min
To provide additional insights to the April Injury Prevention Health Promotion (IPHP) issue of BJSM [http://bit.ly/YKvsQ5], Professor Meeuwisse takes you behind the scenes. What are the new elements for concussion management, why do some parents insist on unsafe practices for their children, how can you make sure you are up to date in your clinical practice? Professor Meeuwisse is from the University of Calgary and leader of the Brain Injury Initiative of the Hotchikiss Brain Institute. As well ...
Apr 23, 2013•40 min
With Professor Roald Bahr, chairman of the Scientific Committee and member of the IOC Medical Commission. Are you planning your conference contribution or attendance for 2014? Those who attended the first 3 World Conferences on Injury & Illness Prevention in Sport are keen to make Monaco a destination in April 10-12, 2014. In this podcast, Professor Roald highlights the unique contribution of these triennial meetings, and reminds you of upcoming opportunities to contribute by proposing a wor...
Apr 23, 2013•14 min
Lateral epicondylalgia, often referred to by patients as tennis elbow, has a range of treatment options available to the clinician. A group at the University of Queensland, Australia, headed by Bill Vicenzino have been investigating short and long term outcomes of different treatment modalities. Last month, they published an RCT in JAMA examining the effect of corticosteroid injection, physiotherapy, or both on clinical outcomes in patients with unilateral lateral epicondylalgia. Professor Jill ...
Apr 23, 2013•14 min
Malcolm Collins is professor of human biology at the University of Cape Town and a chief specialist scientist at the South African Medical Research Council. He is one of the leading researchers at the Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit, which is located at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, a multidisciplinary institution committed to promoting sporting excellence and the health of Africans. This podcast complements BJSM’s recent chat with Professor Tim Caulfield [http...
Apr 23, 2013•20 min
In questo podcast Cristiano Eirale, specialista dello sport in Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sport Medicine Center e medico della Nazionale del Qatar, intervista Stefano Della Villa, Presidente dell’Isokinetic Medical Group, su passato, presente e futuro della medicina dello sport in Italia.
Apr 23, 2013•21 min
As part of the series of podcasts highlighting the best of sports medicine the world over, Dr Stefano Della Villa shares a very successful model of sports medicine clinical care in Italy; Cristiano Eirale comments on his experiences in Italy and for the last 6 years in Qatar. Both sports physicians have tremendous football experience but a focus of the podcast is delivery of clinical care - the patient journey in setting a multidisciplinary clinical setting. Dr Della Villa highlights the ‘case m...
Apr 23, 2013•21 min
This short podcast is directed to patients - specifically active sportspeople who have recently rupture an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Associate Professor Richard Frobell is the lead of the team that has addressed a key question with the most rigorous research study to date. Is there any benefit to immediate knee reconstruction? Will waiting for a knee reconstruction lead to more injury or arthritis? See also: Treatment for acute anterior cruciate ligament tear: five year outcome of random...
Apr 23, 2013•9 min
In this second of two podcasts for clinicians, associate professor Richard Frobell discusses how his 2010 RCT was received by some members of the clinical community and how he addressed those concerns. His new paper sheds further light on the issues that generated debate. See also: Treatment for acute anterior cruciate ligament tear: five year outcome of randomised trial bit.ly/Yqr25b A Randomized Trial of Treatment for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears bit.ly/cgTUfO Renström PA. Eight clin...
Apr 23, 2013•6 min
Dr Richard Frobell is an associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at Lund University in Southern Sweden. His background is in physiotherapy but he’s worked as a specialist in clinical diagnosis for over a decade in a dedicated knee service program. In this podcast he discusses his recent BMJ paper, which is a follow up to the NEJM on ACL injury treatment. See also: Treatment for acute anterior cruciate ligament tear: five year outcome of randomised trial bit.ly/Yqr25b A Randomized T...
Apr 23, 2013•15 min
Harm Kuipers, emeritus professor of the University of Maastricht, talks to Babette Pluim, BJSM deputy editor, about the meaning of sport, the challenges of being an editor, and his most exciting scientific research projects. These are overtraining, delayed onset muscle soreness and glycogen restoration during exercise. Harm recently wrote his autobiography “Starting on two left skates”. He is a former elite athlete and became world all-round speed skating champion in 1975. See also: Pre-exercise...
Apr 23, 2013•20 min
‘Personalized medicine’ has been touted as a major health opportunity. How likely is the promise to be realised? Tim Caulfield hit the global headlines in February 2011 when he was one of the first to argue that human genome had not delivered in the way that some had claimed it would. His Science paper echoed around in the world and was picked up by major news sources like the NY Times, Al Jazeera and the BJSM Blog http://bit.ly/11Ax6pn. Professor Caulfield is a terrific health communicator - a ...
Apr 23, 2013•20 min
