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The Evidence Base for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

According to Stefan Lohmander and Ewa Roos, writing in an editorial in the British Medical Journal, the evidence base for orthopaedics and sports medicine is ‘scandalously poor in parts’. This is what they found: Medicine rests on an uneven evidence base. Some interventions are supported by large multicentre randomised controlled trials that have a low… Read More

12/01/201501/01/2015 by Andrew Marshall

British Army Diving (42)

12/01/201511/01/2015 by Andrew Marshall

Sales of Sports Drinks Overtaken by E-Cigarettes

Electronic cigarettes overtook sports ‘nutrition’ drinks to become the UKs fastest growing supermarket product sold last year, by both volume and value. Data from the the consumer spending analyst Neilsen highlights that supermarket sales of the devices rose by 50% to 17.3 million units during 2013-2014. In contrast, the sales of other nicotine replacement products,… Read More

09/01/2015 by Andrew Marshall

Passing on Your Knowledge…

“…just because I have a skill does not mean I can pass it on.“ (Gemmell, 1992, p.56) Unfortunately, not everyone can be a competent teacher/trainer. However, this does not mean that a person couldn’t contribute to the learning of others. A person who may not make a ‘good’ teacher/trainer but has a wealth of knowledge… Read More

09/01/2015 by Andrew Marshall

Skills & Context…

“In the city there are many clerks, administrators, organisers. Without them Drenan would cease to run. They are valued men. But place them in these mountains and they would starve to death while surrounded by game and edible roots. You understand? The degree of a man’s skill is relative to his surroundings, or the challenges… Read More