sports medicine

Publisher Pascal Rub traces how the SEMS Journal grew from a print publication for around 1,000 readers into an internationally accessible open-access platform – from the 2019 launch of sems-journal.ch..

In his farewell editorial after 13 years as Editor-in-Chief, Boris Gojanovic reflects on the SEMS Journal as a relay race and on the five values that guided him: legacy, knowledge,..

Even highly trained athletes can have clinically relevant lipid disorders – from dyslipidaemia to familial hypercholesterolaemia and elevated lipoprotein(a). The new Swiss Olympic/SEMS algorithm provides a pragmatic, sport-specific framework for..

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..

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 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..

Background: To systematically review the effectiveness of exercise on cognition in patients with arterial hypertension (HTN). Methods: A systematic search was performed in the subsequent databases starting from the oldest..

This article offers a clinical algorithm on decision making and treatment of acute ankle sprains. Key factors are analyzing trauma mechanism, sprain frequency and ligament injury. Therefore, a thorough clinical..

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..

Hip pain is a common clinical problem caused by a variety of orthopedic and non-orthopedic factors. While orthopedic causes such as osteoarthritis and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) are well documented, non-orthopedic..

Injections around the autonomic nervous system, particularly the so-called sympathetic trunk, have been established for years. The main focus so far has been the treatment of CRPS (Complex Regional Pain..

In the context of regenerative medicine, therapy using autologous cells (in combination with platelet-rich plasma) appears to be a promising option. The so-called medicinal signaling cells (MSC), also known as..

Functional disorders of the head and neck area involving the chewing organ occur irregularly and with a changing symptoms. This makes it difficult for the therapist to arrive at a..

Background: We aimed to develop a physical activity prescription (PAP) that would help efficiently promote PA by medical practitioners in Luxembourg. Methods: During a first phase, a PAP model and..