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词条 Sports Medicine Australia
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  1. History

  2. Services

     Conferences  Resources  Sports Trainers  Advice and Commentary 

  3. References

  4. Further reading

  5. External links

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Sports Medicine Australia is Australia’s peak national umbrella body for sports medicine and sports science. It was established in 1963 as the Australian Sports Medicine Federation.[1] Its current membership includes sports medicine and health professionals, sports trainers, sporting clubs and community members. Its activities cover elite sport to community grass roots sports. It has branches in each Australian state.

History

It was formed in 1963 by the amalgamation of the Australian Sports Medicine Association and the Australian and the Australian Federation of Sports Medicine.[1] Australian Sports Medicine Federation was established as a result of 1956 Melbourne Olympics medical services. Australian Sports Medicine Federation was a New South Wales breakaway group of Australian Sports Medicine Federation.[2] Membership was originally restricted to medical doctors but now it has been widened to include a range of practitioners including: orthopedic surgeons, sports physicians, doctors, physiotherapists, optometrists, dentists, podiatrists, dietitians, psychologists, sports scientists, nurses, teachers, academics, soft tissue therapists and chiropractors.[2] Some of these membership groups have established their own organisations – Australasian College of Sports Physicians, Sports Dietitians Australia, Exercise and Sports Science Australia, Sports Doctors Australia, Australian Physiotherapy Assoctation National Sports Physiotherapy Group but work with SMA particularly in relation to joint conferences.

Brief summary of major historical developments:

  • 1963 – Australian Sports Medicine Federation established[1]
  • 1964 – Australian Journal of Sports Medicine first published. Now called Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.[1]
  • 1965 – inaugural Australian Sports Medicine Federation Conference, Adelaide, South Australia[1]
  • 1974 – hosted FIMS Conference, Melbourne, Victoria[1]
  • 1982 – Launched the Australian Sports Trainers Scheme and published the Survey of Drug Use in Australian Sport[1]
  • 1983 – Sport Health magazine first published[1]
  • 1984 – Established National Office in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • 1986 - hosted XXIII FIMS World Congress in Sports Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1989 – Published Guidelines for Safety in Sport[1]
  • 1999 – 5th International Olympic Committee World Congress on Sports Sciences, Sydney, New South Wales[3]
  • 2010 – National Office becomes a virtual office with staff members being located in state offices.[3]

Services

Conferences

It held its 1st Conference in 1965 and its annual conference is Australia’s largest and most significant sports medicine and sports science conference.[1] Many state branches run conferences for their members.

Resources

SMA publishes a range of sports medicine resources: guidelines and factsheets on sports medicine issues such as heat, blood rules, children, women, journals Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport and Sport Health and sports first aid resources.[4] Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport is one of the lreading multidisciplinary sports science and medicine joiurnals in terms of its impact.

Sports Trainers

In 1982, it established a sports trainers scheme.[4] The scheme is now part of its Safer Sport Program (SSP)[5] that aims to offer a safe environment for all Australians who engage in sport and to maximise participation in physical activity. It organises sports trainers to cover sporting, school and community events.

Advice and Commentary

Sports Medicine Australia provides advice and commentary to governments, organisations and the media on a range of issues including: head injuries and concussion,[6] sport and exercise in the heat and cold,[7] illnesses, skiing injuries, mouthguards,[8] childhood obesity[9]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite book|last=Vamplew|first=Wray|title=A Healthy Body: the Australian Sports Medicine Federation 1963-1988|year=1989|publisher=Australian Sports Medicine Federation|location=Canberra|isbn=1-8753-3400-9}}
2. ^1 {{cite book|title=Oxford companion to Australian sport. 2nd ed.|year=1994|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Melbourne|isbn=0195535685}}
3. ^1 {{cite book|title=Sports Medicine Australia ACT - Celebrating 32 years - Commemorative Booklet February 2013|year=2013|publisher=Sports Medicine Australia ACT|location=Canberra}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Resources and advice|url=http://sma.org.au/|work=Sports Medicine Australia website|accessdate=9 February 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://sma.org.au/state-branches/qld/programs/safer-sport-program/ | title=Safer Sport Program | publisher=Sports Medicine Australia | accessdate=August 2, 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news|last=Hall|first=Louise|title=Skiers told: keep a lid on it|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/skiers-told-keep-a-lid-on-it-20090606-bz3l.html|newspaper=Sun Herald|date=7 June 2009}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Sports Medicine Australia Media Review July 2011|url=http://sma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/July-2011.pdf|work=Sports Medicine Australia website|accessdate=9 February 2013}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=Groan turns to grin with mouthguard|newspaper=Newcastle Herald|date=6 September 2009}}
9. ^{{cite news|last=Teutsch|title=Bad news|newspaper=Sun Herald|date=27 March 2003}}

Further reading

  • Vamplew, Wray. A healthy body : the Australian Sports Medicine Federation 1963-1988. Canberra: Australian Sports Medicine Federation, 1989, {{ISBN|1-8753-3400-9}}
  • Sport Health Volume 31 Issue 2 2013.

External links

  • Sports Medicine Australia website

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