British Journal of Sports Medicine

(BJSM) is the leading, peer-reviewed journal in sports medicine, with additional multimedia resources.

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British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multimedia portal for authoritative original research, systematic reviews, consensus statements and debate in sport and exercise medicine (SEM). We define sport and exercise medicine broadly.
BJSM’s web, print, video and audio material serves the international sport and exercise medicine community which includes 25 clinical societies who have over 13,000 members.
You can access BJSM on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube as well as via our podcasts, Stitcher and blog.

BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine is a companion journal to the British Journal of Sports Medicine

Meet the new Editors! For more information, please visit the landing page>>

BMJ and BJSM are fully committed to ensure best practice in publication ethics. Please see our joint statement for further information >>

News: The Faculty and BASEM are continuing to progress with the reformation of the new college. The next phase of this process involves the implementation of a new steering group, with the first step to appoint an independent chair.
Please see here to find out about the role >>

Current Issue

Topical Issues

a female athlete teeing off in a golf competition

#GolfMedicine

A collection of key resources, providing an overview of the current medical issues and research landscape in #GolfMedicine

#HipAndGroinPain

a focus on the latest multidisciplinary research in hip and groin pathology

#SportsEquity

A global SEM team tackles some of sport’s toughest topics: Abuse, Racism, Ableism, Sexism, and Transphobia

#FemaleAthleteHealth

“Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” – answering the call for an increased focus on female-specific SEM research

BJSM Live

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27 August 16:00-19:00 (BST)

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Thanks to the support of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, the webinar is free for all.

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Latest Articles

Original research:

#WhatWouldYouDo? A cross-sectional study of sports medicine physicians assessing their competency in managing harassment and abuse in sports

11 October 2024

Systematic review:

Quantitative analysis of effectiveness and associated factors of exercise on symptoms in osteoarthritis: a pharmacodynamic model-based meta-analysis

11 October 2024

Systematic review:

Tale of quadriceps and hamstring muscle strength after ACL reconstruction: a systematic review with longitudinal and multivariate meta-analysis

10 October 2024

Editorial:

Mouthguards for the prevention of orofacial trauma in sport: the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (UK) position statement

9 October 2024

Infographic:

Infographic. Medical management of harassment and abuse in sports. #WhatWouldYouDo?

8 October 2024

Featured Video

Motor retraining by real-time sonic feedback: understanding strategies of low impact running (PhD Academy Award)

20 June 2024

To cite: Van den Berghe P. Motor retraining by real-time sonic feedback: understanding strategies of low impact running (PhD Academy Award). British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022;56:1196-1197. Read the full article here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105750 Video abstract complementing the PhD Academy Award article “Motor retraining by real-time sonic feedback: understanding strategies of low impact running”. The aims of this PhD thesis were to (1) develop, (2) to validate a wearable system for impact reduction through the use of real-time, music-based biofeedback, (3) to evaluate its effectiveness in a gait retraining context, and to gain insight into possible strategies for low impact running.

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