2nd ed. Eds M Harries, G McLatchie, C Williams, J King. (Pp 129; £18.95.) BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR: BMJ Books, 2000. ISBN 0-7279- 1366-2.

Here we are, at the second edition already, only five years after the first appearance of the first edition! Has sports medicine changed that much? With this in mind, I compared the editions and found some interesting similarities and differences. The four editors and seven of the chapters are the same. Eleven chapters have new authors, and seven chapters are new. Some chapter titles have been dropped …