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Where sports medicine and physical activity for health intersect – occasion for opportunity or improbable idealism?
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  1. Jane S Thornton
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jane S Thornton, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6G 2M1, Canada; jane.s.thornton{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099026

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    While sport and exercise medicine can often feel like two separate disciplines, it is at the intersection of these solitudes where the most novel and innovative research is pushing our field. Where they meet, opportunities for patients and further research become widely apparent.

    In this Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM)-led issue, we highlight 7 key articles that begin to bridge this gap between general exercise recommendations and sport-specific interventions.

    Shoulders

    First is a systematic review on exercise prescription for overhead athletes with shoulder pathology. Alexis Wright and colleagues demonstrate that this field is dominated by expert opinion, with limited scientific evidence for any one specific exercise, underlining the fact that this field is ripe for further well-designed studies. ( see page 241 ) And remember BJSM has a systematic review competition – keep BJSM in mind for top quality systematic reviews!

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