BJSM Podcast

The British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) podcast offers the latest insights in sport and exercise medicine (SEM). Committed to advancing innovation, enhancing education, and translating knowledge into practice and policy, our podcast features dynamic debates on clinically relevant topics in the SEM field. Stay informed with expert discussions and cutting-edge information by subscribing or listening in your favourite podcast platform. Improve your understanding of sports medicine with the BJSM podcast, and visit the BMJ Group’s British Journal of Sports Medicine website - bjsm.bmj.com. BJSM podcast editing and production managed by: Jimmy Walsh.

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Episodes

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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 Cook asks the hard question - is it time to drop corticosteroid injection from the treatment options for tennis elbow?

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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://bit.ly/10xfp8w], but focuses more on sports injuries and talent identification in sport.Professor Collins, who discovered the first gene variants associated with chronic tendinopathies, explains the implications for clinical care and screening. He also has discovered some genetic variant relationships with ACL injuries and we discuss what that means for players, parents and coaches. We discuss the topic of ‘What makes champions’, a highly downloaded paper from BJSM’s 2012 archive. Finally, we return to the big question in the field - should you send your DNA to a lab to discover either (i) what sports you may excel in, or (ii) whether you are at risk for, or protected against, certain injuries? Prof Collins is not afraid to give clear suggestions and comments so enjoy this podcast with a preeminent sports genetics authority.

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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.

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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 manager’ role of the sports physician and this model has been critical in the Isokinetic clinics in Italy. The Isokinetic Medical Group, established in 1987, is a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence. The headquarters and the very substantial Education and Research Department, directed by Professor Giulio Sergio Roi, are located in Bologna, with other outpatient clinics located in Rome, Milan, Turin, Verona and Rimini. The group has now expanded to Harley Street in London. Dr Eirale was the first sports physician recruited to Aspetar - Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital and he has witnessed not just the building of a massive state-of-the art hospital but the emergence of a new focus of sports medicine excellence in the Gulf Region.Those of you who appreciate the Italian language will enjoy Dr Della Villa being interviewed by Dr Eirale about other topics in the first Italian language podcast in the BMJ Grouphttp://bit.ly/15T7NCK.

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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 randomised trial bit.ly/Yqr25bA Randomized Trial of Treatment for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears bit.ly/cgTUfORenström PA. Eight clinical conundrums relating to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in sport: recent evidence and a personal reflection. Br J Sports Med. 2012 Aug 31 1.usa.gov/14M4mzOG Myklebust, R Bahr, Return to play guidelines after anterior cruciate ligament surgery bit.ly/ZK5pZk

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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 clinical conundrums relating to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in sport: recent evidence and a personal reflection. Br J Sports Med. 2012 Aug 31 1.usa.gov/14M4mzO
G Myklebust, R Bahr, Return to play guidelines after anterior cruciate ligament surgery bit.ly/ZK5pZk

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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 Trial of Treatment for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears bit.ly/cgTUfO
Renström PA. Eight clinical conundrums relating to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in sport: recent evidence and a personal reflection. Br J Sports Med. 2012 Aug 31 1.usa.gov/14M4mzO
G Myklebust, R Bahr, Return to play guidelines after anterior cruciate ligament surgery bit.ly/ZK5pZk

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

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 ingestion of carbohydrate and transient hypoglycemia during exercise bit.ly/ZK4Te3
Structural muscle damage and muscle strength after incremental number of isometric and forced lengthening contractions bit.ly/17UCjx6
Adaptation and overtraining in horses subjected to increasing training loads bit.ly/11AxqnY
Carbohydrate feeding and glycogen synthesis during exercise in man bit.ly/13seQzR

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

‘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 champion of ‘knowledge translation’ aka ‘knowledge exchange’ among other things. The concept of turning research into action. In this podcast he gives BJSM listeners insights into how genomic discoveries may or may not influence personal and public health. He even underwent personal genomic screening in the interests of science!This podcast is relevant to one of BJSM’s most popular papers - ‘What makes champions’ by geneticist Professor Malcolm Collins and physiologist Dr Ross Tucker http://bit.ly/10bIshB. In upcoming weeks we’ll drill deeper into injury risk and genetic predisposition with Professor Malcolm Collins. You can keep an eye on new BJSM podcast releases on our home page (www.bsjm.bmj.com) and via Twitter (@BJSM_BMJ)

Rogerio da Silva on tennis

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

Tuesday Apr 23, 2013

Dr Rogerio Teixeira da Silva, from the Sao Luiz Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, former President of the Brazilian Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Society, has a great interest in sports medicine, specifically upper extremity injuries in tennis players. He talks about his experiences with Gustavo Kuerten and what the athlete has meant for tennis in Brazil, the medical care of junior tennis players, hip range of motion, scapular dyskinesia and humeral stress reactions.
He also previews the 13th STMS World Congress on Tennis Medicine and Science - Buenos Aires, 21-23 February 2013.
See also:
Stress reaction of the humerus in tennis players bit.ly/13UYSCh
Clinical and ultrasonographic correlation between scapular dyskinesia and subacromial space measurement among junior elite tennis players bit.ly/11h9SUK
Sacral stress fracture: an unusual cause of low back pain in an amateur tennis player bit.ly/ZlB2wQ
Shoulder strength profile in elite junior tennis players: horizontal adduction and abduction isokinetic evaluation bit.ly/10widsD

* The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement, patient care or treatment. The views expressed by contributors are those of the speakers. BMJ does not endorse any views or recommendations discussed or expressed on this podcast. Listeners should also be aware that professionals in the field may have different opinions. By listening to this podcast, listeners agree not to use its content as the basis for their own medical treatment or for the medical treatment of others.

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