International differences in sport medicine access and clinical management

Neil Heron; Nikolaos G Malliaropoulos

International differences in sport medicine access and clinical management

Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. 2013 Jan 21;2(4):248-52. Print 2012 Oct.

Authors

Neil Heron¹, Nikolaos G Malliaropoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Queen's University, Belfast, UK ; Centre for Public Health Research, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.

PMID: 23738305
PMCID: PMC3666540

Abstract

I undertook the 2012 ECOSEP travelling fellowship, sponsored by Bauerfeind, between May and August 2012, which involved visiting 5 European sport medicine centres and spending approximately one week in each centre. The 5 centres included: National Track and Field Centre, SEGAS, Thessaloniki, Greece; Professional School in Sport & Exercise Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain; Sport Medicine Frankfurt Institute, Germany; Isokinetic Medical Group, FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Bologna, Italy, and Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, England. Throughout the fellowship, the clinical cases which were routinely encountered were documented. The following sections detail my experiences throughout the fellowship, the sports of the athletes and the injuries which were treated at each of the sport medicine centres during the fellowship visit and the different forms of management employed.

Keywords: sport exercises; sport medicine; travelling fellowship.