Sports medicine
Sports medicine or sport medicine is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of medicine which deals with the treatment and preventive care of athletes, both amateur and professional. The team includes specialty physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, other personnel, and, of course, the athlete.
References
- Fowler, PJ, Sport Medicine
- Article originally written by P. J. Fowler, MD and released into the public domain on 5 Jan 2005
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Sports medicine today |
| ► | First olympic sports medicine team While watching his daughter Louise swim at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Dr. J C Kennedy, a doctor based in London, Ontario in Canada concluded for a variety of reasons that competing athletic teams from Canada should be accompanied by qualified and well organized medical care. |
| ► | The future of sports medicine |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
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