There is an ancient link between sports and medicine.
Galen,
the Greek physician, wrote extensively on improving health through
aerobic fitness and muscle tone, and the first Olympic athletes were
trained by ancient Greek physicians largely using principles still
applied today. The connection between athletics and medicine appears
natural.
Renaissance physicians developed a more complex theory of the human
body. Exercise physiology moved beyond the realms of training and
competition and into academia. By the start of the 20th century,
prestigious academic journals like the
American Journal of Physiology
were regularly publishing articles linking health and exercise. And
now, in the 21st century, the importance of exercise in managing health
is common knowledge and widely accepted.
With the launch of
BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation
– considering manuscripts on all aspects of sports medicine and the
exercise sciences, including rehabilitation, traumatology, cardiology,
physiology, and nutrition – sports medicine becomes a part of the
BMC series.
Research in the field encompasses a wide variety of disciplines. It
seeks not only to improve levels of mental and physical fitness and
performance but also aims to advance the treatment and prevention of
injuries related to sports and exercise, along with improving overall
health and nutrition. With the prevalence of obesity rising on a
worldwide scale and public health policy aimed at increasing levels of
exercise at a population level, the growth of sports science and
medicine as a field of research is inevitable.
Deborah Kahn, BioMed Central’s Publishing Director, says:
“This new journal moves the
BMC series into an exciting and fast growing field. The broad scope and open access nature of
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation offers authors and readers from a wide range of disciplines a unique venue to serve their communities’ needs.”
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation incorporates the recently closed
Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology (
SMARTT) with an expanded scope and
Editorial Board.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation fills its own niche in the
BMC series alongside companion journals including
BMC Physiology,
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, and
BMC Surgery.
The launch articles reflect the breadth and scope of the new journal and include a study on the ‘
Determinants of pain, functional limitations and health-related quality of life six months after total knee arthroplasty’ by François Desmeules et al. and an
interview with Section Editor Michael Carmont examining the discipline of sports traumatology research. A
narrative review
by Emily Churton and Justin W Keogh highlights the constraints
influencing sports wheelchair propulsion performance and injury risk.
Per Renström
from the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, said: “The field of sports
science and medicine is unquestionably an area with a very high public
interest. The transparent open peer review process on
BMC Sports Science, Medicine, Rehabilitation provides greater trust in the research you report.”
Please consider
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - for your future manuscript
submissions.