elite sports

A 20-year-old floorball player in the L-UPL has recently been diagnosed with ADHD. Her general practitioner referred her to a specialised psychologist for assessment and the general practitioner has now..

A 25-year-old football player performs a rapid cutting manoeuvre on his standing left leg. He experiences a sharp pain on the lateral side of his knee and is immediately unable..

A 28-year-old cyclist reports cramp-like lower abdominal pain while abroad. She had an IUD inserted eight weeks ago and has not felt quite right since. A check-up with her gynecologist..

23-year-old female athlete (artistic gymnastics, national A-squad) with persistent symptoms for the past 8 months in the anterior tibial region, which occur after, but not during training (especially on vault..

A 19 year-old female swimmer comes to your sports medicine consultation, because she has been struggling with breathing at higher intensities since 3 months. The dyspnea mostly occurs during sustained..

A 16 year-old male rugby player suffers from headaches, tiredness and difficulty concentrating at school. The symptoms have been present for approximately 3 weeks and started 2-3 days after match..

A 25 yo male elite triathlete sends you a text message after he crashed on the bike abroad, hurting the right shoulder. He has never had any injuries to this..

A 16-year-old female triathlete comes in complaining of ­fatigue and decreased performance/stagnation. His coach thinks she has an iron deficiency... what should I do? What is the differential diagnosis, what..

A 23-year-old female elite runner, previously healthy with normal pre-participation screening, developed fatigue and an upper respiratory tract infection with fever for three days. Her symptoms improved but she continued..

Endurance sports as one form of physical activity offer health benefits in many ways. Endurance training is among athletes of all ages very popular. In order to achieve a training..

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading non-traumatic cause of mortality in athletes under 35, most often due to inherited cardiomyopathies or primary electrical disorders that may remain silent until..

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) describes the frequent phenomenon of airway narrowing during or after exercise. EIB is a characteristic of asthma in some patients but might develop in athletes without asthma,..

Sports and exercise medicine is about putting things in practice. However, as many academic disciplines it suffers of a discrepancy of science in theory and practical life. To bridge this..

Interview conducted by German Clénin, member of Health4Sport group, and SEMS past president..

All members of the panel introduced their organization and activities in short presentations, which were followed by a 75-minute discussion moderated by Joëlle Flück (Swiss Sports Nutrition Society president, and..

Niemand sollte im Sport Gewalt, Diskriminierung, Mobbing oder Missbrauch erleben müssen – weder Athlet:innen, Trainer:innen noch Funktionär:innen. Niemand!..