 An injured player is carried from the field during a football match. | |
| System | Musculoskeletal, cardiovascular |
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| Focus | Sports especially athletics |
| Significant diseases | |
| Significant tests | Musculoskeletal tests |
| Specialist | Sports physician |
| Glossary | Glossary of medicine |
| Occupation | |
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Occupation type | Specialty |
Activity sectors | Medicine |
| Description | |
| Competencies | Exercise prescription, Therapeutic injections |
Education required |
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Fields of employment | Hospitals, Clinics, Professional sports, College athletics, university |
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports medicine emerged as a distinct field of health care. In many countries, now over 50, sports medicine (or sport and exercise medicine) is a recognized medical specialty (with similar training and standards to other medical specialties or sub-specialties). In the majority of countries where sports medicine is recognized and practiced, it is a physician (non-surgical) specialty, but in some (such as the USA), it can equally be a surgical or non-surgical medical specialty, and also a specialty field within primary care. In other contexts, the field of sports medicine encompasses the scope of both medical specialists as well as allied health practitioners who work in the field of sport, such as physiotherapists, athletic trainers, podiatrists and exercise physiologists.[1]
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