© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
LEADER
Injury prevention
An ounce of prevention?
Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian University of Sport & Physical Education, Oslo, Norway
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Engebretsen
Orthopaedic Center, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Lars.engebretsen@ioks.uio.no
Accepted 20 February 2005
Justification is provided for the need to focus on research into sports injury prevention
Keywords: injury; prevention
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
The First World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention is taking place in Oslo, Norway 23–25 June 2005. At a time when there is an abundance of medical meetings, journals, and papers, some might argue that the last thing we need is a new congress focusing on yet another field of research. What would justify such an emphasis on a new and developing research field in medicine?1 Firstly, it must ask important questions not answered by others. Secondly, the new research field should have the potential to create truly new knowledge, lead to new ways of thinking, and lay the foundation for improved health for our patients. This is usually not possible without a multidisciplinary approach, involving a mixture of basic scientists and clinicians. Thirdly, research results from the new field should be publishable in respected journals, recognised and cited by peers, presentable at high quality meetings, and fundable
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Croisier, J.-L., Ganteaume, S., Binet, J., Genty, M., Ferret, J.-M.
(2008). Strength Imbalances and Prevention of Hamstring Injury in Professional Soccer Players: A Prospective Study. Am J Sports Med
36: 1469-1475
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Lohmander, L. S., Englund, P. M., Dahl, L. L., Roos, E. M.
(2007). The Long-term Consequence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Meniscus Injuries: Osteoarthritis. Am J Sports Med
35: 1756-1769
[Abstract] [Full Text]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
