EPISODE · May 22, 2015 · 7 MIN
Travelling with teams? Practical tips for team clinicians; includes Athlete Management System
from BJSM Podcast · host BMJ Group
Dr Carolyn Broderick, MBBS, FACSP, PhD is staff specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia. Dr Carolyn is Team Physician for the Australian Federation Cup Tennis Team. She was Medical Director of the Australian Team for the Youth Olympic Games in 2014 and Team Physician for the Australian Team at the Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Olympic Games. She is a member of the Australian Olympic Committee Medical Commission and Deputy Medical Director for the Australian Olympic Team in Rio 2016. Her research is on injury surveillance in youth sport and physical activity in children with chronic disease. What are the challenges of being a team physician for tennis players who travel the world continually? Does an athlete management system help to monitor work load and injuries? Musculoskeletal conditions in children and adolescents managed in Australian primary care. Henschke N, Harrison C, McKay D, Broderick C, Latimer J, Britt H, Maher CG. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 May 20;15:164. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-164. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/15/164 Children, sport and the Olympics: Observations from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Broderick C. J Paediatr Child Health. 2013 Sep;49(9):701-3. doi:10.1111/jpc.12217. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpc.12217/abstract The International Olympic Committee Consensus statement on age determination in high-level young athletes. Engebretsen L, Steffen K, Bahr R, et al. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Jun;44(7):476-84. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.073122. http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/7/476.extract Reducing the risk of injury in young footballers. Broderick C, McKay D. BMJ. 2009 Mar 18;338:b1050. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1050. http://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.b1050
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Dr Carolyn Broderick, MBBS, FACSP, PhD is staff specialist in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia. Dr Carolyn is Team Physician for the Australian Federation Cup Tennis Team. She was Medical Director of the Australian Team for the Youth Olympic Games in 2014 and Team Physician for the Australian Team at the Sydney 2000 and London 2012 Olympic Games. She is a member of the Australian Olympic Committee Medical Commission and Deputy Medical Director for the Australian Olympic Team in Rio 2016. Her research is on injury surveillance in youth sport and physical activity in children with chronic disease. What are the challenges of being a team physician for tennis players who travel the world continually? Does an athlete management system help to monitor work load and injuries? Musculoskeletal conditions in children and adolescents managed in Australian primary care. Henschke N, Harrison C, McKay D, Broderick C, Latimer J, Britt H, Maher CG. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 May 20;15:164. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-164. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/15/164 Children, sport and the Olympics: Observations from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. Broderick C. J Paediatr Child Health. 2013 Sep;49(9):701-3. doi:10.1111/jpc.12217. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpc.12217/abstract The International Olympic Committee Consensus statement on age determination in high-level young athletes. Engebretsen L, Steffen K, Bahr R, et al. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Jun;44(7):476-84. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.073122. http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/7/476.extract Reducing the risk of injury in young footballers. Broderick C, McKay D. BMJ. 2009 Mar 18;338:b1050. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1050. http://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.b1050
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