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Exercise medicine and physical activity promotion: core curricula for US medical schools, residencies and sports medicine fellowships: developed by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and endorsed by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Br J Sports Med. 2022 Jan 10:bjsports-2021-104819. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104819. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRegular physical activity provides a variety of health benefits and is proven to treat and prevent several non-communicable diseases. Specifically, physical activity enhances muscular and osseous strength, improves cardiorespiratory fitness, and reduces the risk of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, mental health disorders, cognitive decline and several cancers. Despite these well-known benefits, physical activity promotion in clinical practice is underused due to insufficient trai...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - January 11, 2022 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Irfan Asif Jane S Thornton Stephen Carek Christopher Miles Melissa Nayak Melissa Novak Mark Stovak Jason L Zaremski Jonathan Drezner Source Type: research

A Delphi developed syllabus for the medical specialty of sport and exercise medicine.
Abstract Training in the medical specialty of sport and exercise medicine is now available in many, but not all countries. Lack of resources may be a barrier to the development of this important specialty field and the International Syllabus in Sport and Exercise Medicine Group was convened to reduce one potential barrier, the need to develop a syllabus. The group is composed of 17 sport and exercise medicine specialists residing in 12 countries (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and USA). This paper presents the first phase of this proje...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - December 20, 2017 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Humphries D, Jaques R, Dijkstra HP, International Syllabus in Sport and Exercise Medicine Group (ISSEMG) Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research

AOASM Position Statement on Esports, Active Video Gaming, and the Role of the Sports Medicine Physician
Abstract: Electronic sports, or esports, has a global audience of over 300 million fans and is increasing in popularity, resulting in projected revenue of over $1 billion by the end of this past year. The global pandemic of 2020 had little to no effect on these increasing numbers because athletes have been able to continue to engage in sports because of its electronic nature and fans have been able to follow them virtually. Esports has been recognized as an organized sport by the International Olympic Committee, the US National Collegiate Athletic Association, and several secondary school athletic associations within t...
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - May 1, 2022 Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Position Statement Source Type: research

Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine: Nutrition and Athletic Performance.
Authors: Abstract It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine that the performance of, and recovery from, sporting activities are enhanced by well-chosen nutrition strategies. These organizations provide guidelines for the appropriate type, amount, and timing of intake of food, fluids, and supplements to promote optimal health and performance across different scenarios of training and competitive sport. This position paper was prepared for members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada (DC), and American C...
Source: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research - February 27, 2016 Category: Nutrition Tags: Can J Diet Pract Res Source Type: research

Development of a certification examination for orthopedic sports medicine fellows
Conclusion: There was a disparity between fellows’ performance in the operating room and their performance in the high-fidelity cadaveric setting, suggesting that technical performance in the operating room may not be the most appropriate measure for assessment of fellows’ competence. PMID: 32142243 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - March 5, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Dwyer T, Chahal J, Murnaghan L, Theodoropoulos J, Cheung J, McParland A, Ogilvie-Harris D Tags: Can J Surg Source Type: research

Personal strategies to mitigate the effects of air pollution exposure during sport and exercise: a narrative review and position statement by the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Br J Sports Med. 2023 Jan 9:bjsports-2022-106161. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106161. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAir pollution is among the leading environmental threats to health around the world today, particularly in the context of sports and exercise. With the effects of air pollution, pollution episodes (eg, wildfire conflagrations) and climate change becoming increasingly apparent to the general population, so have their impacts on sport and exercise. As such, there has been growing interest in the sporting community (ie, athletes, coaches, and sports science and medicine team members) in practical personal-level a...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - January 9, 2023 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Andy Hung Sarah Koch Valerie Bougault Cameron Marshall Gee Romulo Bertuzzi Malindi Elmore Paddy McCluskey Laura Hidalgo Judith Garcia-Aymerich Michael Stephen Koehle Source Type: research

Interprofessional collaboration among sport science and sports medicine professionals: an international cross-sectional survey
This study aimed to collect and compare socio-demographic data as well as interprofessional attitudes of SSSM professionals from an international perspective. Subjects were invited via professional SSSM organizations, personal networks and social media to participate in a cross-sectional online survey. Three-hundred and twenty complete datasets of SSSM professionals from the regions USA (n = 83), Canada (n = 179) and Europe (n = 58) were evaluated. In this survey, socio-demographic data as well as attitudes toward IPC and IPE using the 4 subscales of the University of West of England interprofessional Questionnaire (UWE-IP...
Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - March 9, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: G Ulrich A P Breitbach Source Type: research

Amandev Aulakh: leading by example to effect change
Dr Amandev Aulakh espouses love of community and representation. Already an accomplished sports medicine physician who has travelled the world, she will never forget her roots and the importance of diversity and inclusion in sport and exercise medicine. Amandev describes herself as South Asian and is proud to represent the Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) community and has consciously, in addition to her sport medicine practice, continued to work in family practice to maintain that community connection. Amandev’s path into medicine was not a sure thing. Her parents emigrated to Canada from India in the lat...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - March 17, 2022 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Thornton, J. S. Tags: BJSM Service spotlight Source Type: research

Recommendations for policy development regarding sport-related concussion prevention and management in Canada.
Abstract The Canadian Concussion Collaborative (CCC) is composed of health-related organisations concerned with the recognition, treatment and management of concussion. Its mission is to create synergy between organisations concerned with concussion to improve education and implementation of best practices for the prevention and management of concussions. Each of the organisations that constitute the CCC has endorsed two recommendations that address the need for relevant authorities to develop policies about concussion management in sports. The recommendations were developed to support advocacy for regulations, po...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - July 12, 2014 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Frémont P, Bradley L, Tator CH, Skinner J, Fischer LK, from the Canadian Concussion Collaborative Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research

Multicentre, randomised clinical trial of paediatric concussion assessment of rest and exertion (PedCARE): a study to determine when to resume physical activities following concussion in children.
This study is a randomised clinical trial across three Canadian academic paediatric emergency departments. A total of 350 participants, aged 10-17.99 years, who present within 48 hours of an acute concussion, will be recruited and randomly assigned to either the study intervention protocol (resumption of physical activity 72 hours postconcussion even if experiencing symptoms) or physical rest until fully asymptomatic. Participants will document their daily physical and cognitive activities. Follow-up questionnaires will be completed at 1, 2 and 4 weeks postinjury. Compliance with the intervention will be measured usi...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - July 12, 2017 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Ledoux AA, Barrowman NJ, Boutis K, Davis A, Reid S, Sangha G, Farion KJ, Belanger K, Tremblay MS, Yeates KO, DeMatteo C, Reed N, Zemek R, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada PedCARE team Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research

2019 Canadian guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy.
The objective is to provide guidance for pregnant women and obstetric care and exercise professionals on prenatal physical activity. The outcomes evaluated were maternal, fetal or neonatal morbidity, or fetal mortality during and following pregnancy. Literature was retrieved through searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, Education Resources Information Center, SPORTDiscus, ClinicalTrials.gov and the Trip Database from ince...
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - October 21, 2018 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Mottola MF, Davenport MH, Ruchat SM, Davies GA, Poitras VJ, Gray CE, Jaramillo Garcia A, Barrowman N, Adamo KB, Duggan M, Barakat R, Chilibeck P, Fleming K, Forte M, Korolnek J, Nagpal T, Slater LG, Stirling D, Zehr L Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research