BJSM Podcast

Dr. Andrew Franklyn-Miller discusses elite athlete requirements and hip stabilizers in patellofemoral pain. Preview of the UKsem Congress and its key activities. Insights on talent identification in sports medicine and load monitoring for sports performance. Highlight on international experts in sports medicine at the upcoming conference.

South african sports medicine has advanced rapidly in recent years. In this podcast, president of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) Jon Patricios, and University of Cape Town professor Tim Noakes, share their views on the past, present and future of sports medicine in Africa. Patricios and Noakes review the influence of the 2011 FIFA World Cup on african sports medicine, and highlight the ‘Football For Health’ program which is underpinned by research published in BJSM in 2010 and 2011. Professor Noakes also discusses the Central Governor Model of performance and the role of industry in excessively promoting over-drinking in endurance events. Lastly, a preview of the 2011 SASMA Congress.

Exercise on prescription in Sweden started in the 1980s, and has now become widespread in the country. To help primary care clinicians navigate the evidence on prescribing exercise, the Swedish Institute of Public Health have produced the book Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (available for personal use from http://www.fyss.se) In this podcast Mai-Lis Hellénius and Carl Johan Sundberg, two of the authors of the book, share their experience of exercise on prescription in Sweden, and give some tips for clinicians thinking of following their model.

This podcast focuses on recent advances in sports imaging – particularly side-line ultrasound and the use of MR imaging at sporting venues where teams are based. It adds to the discussion raised in several papers in the December 2010 issues of BJSM (#16) The print issue has editorials by Kim Harmon and Fran O’Connor (AMSSM) [http://bit.ly/Y1bIfQ], as well by the head of Olympic radiology at Vancouver 2010 – Bruce Forster [http://bit.ly/10aB8lt]. One of the papers discussed in the podcast [http://bit.ly/10aB8lt] relates to use of ultrasound at the sporting venue to undertake injections pre- and post-game.

Treating tendinopathies remains a challenge, despite many advances in the past decade. Listen to practical tips and a tip to consider the time course of tendon injury when making treatment decisions. More information can be found in Professor Cook’s paper Is tendon pathology a continuum? A pathology model to explain the clinical presentation of load-induced tendinopathy http://bit.ly/R0PDbT See also: Jeremy Lewis on shoulder tendinopathy http://bit.ly/mm3C1f Tendon-focussed issue, BJSM #5, April 2011http://bit.ly/11A4rRb

In this edition of the BJSM podcast, Robert Jan de Vos and Adam Weir discuss their research on the efficacy of platelet rich plasma injections for the treatment of tendon injury.

In this edition of the BJSM podcast, human movement specialist Evert Verhagen discusses ankle sprains and rehabilitation.

Everything you wanted to know about the Zurich International Conference on Concussion The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008 is BJSM’s top download and this podcast takes you behind the scenes. Professor Paul McCrory shares the reasons behind recent changes in management of concussion and provides practical tips for you to prevent concussion and treat it where necessary. Part 3: You are the expert – you teach concussion to fellows and you can recite the SCAT2 even if you have profound headache and retrograde amnesia. Professor McCrory provides tips from the Consensus Statement that have you on the same page as the 27 experts in Zurich. And maybe you were one of them. Listen anyway, send any additional tips to the BJSM blog (http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/) and share the news of this practical podcast. Related articles: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/vol43/Suppl_1/ (Contents page for the Concussion Supplement) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/43/Suppl_1/i76 (Main Consensus Statement) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i85 (SCAT2) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i89 (Pocket SCAT2)

Everything you wanted to know about the Zurich International Conference on Concussion The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008 is BJSM’s top download and this podcast takes you behind the scenes. Professor Paul McCrory shares the reasons behind recent changes in management of concussion and provides practical tips for you to prevent concussion and treat it where necessary. Part 2:Professor McCrory provides advice based on the Consensus Statement for the more junior clinician. You can’t remember whether the previous Consensus meeting was in Vienna or Prague (why do they get to go to all the cool places), you may have only learned about concussion in your university training (eek!) or you may not have worked in sports where concussion is prevalent. Now you are about to cover boxing or Australian Rules Football. Whack this podcast on your iPod and listen to it ringside (that team applies to Australian Football, don’t worry). Related articles: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/vol43/Suppl_1/ (Contents page for the Concussion Supplement) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/43/Suppl_1/i76 (Main Consensus Statement) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i85 (SCAT2) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i89 (Pocket SCAT2)

Everything you wanted to know about the Zurich International Conference on Concussion The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2008 is BJSM’s top download and this podcast takes you behind the scenes. Professor Paul McCrory shares the reasons behind recent changes in management of concussion and provides practical tips for you to prevent concussion and treat it where necessary. Part 1: An overview of the conference process and the highlights of the specific conference papers that you can find in the May supplement of BJSM. What is new in definitions of concussion, concussion in children, return to play guidelines, the role of neuroimaging and biomarkers and advances in protection. Related articles: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/vol43/Suppl_1/ (Contents page for the Concussion Supplement) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/43/Suppl_1/i76 (Main Consensus Statement) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i85 (SCAT2) http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/43/Suppl_1/i89 (Pocket SCAT2)