December 2004, Vol 26, No. 12
Internet

What' s in the web for family physicians - sports medicine

Alfred KY Tang 鄧權恩

1. Physician and Sports Medicine
http://www.physsportsmed.com/cme.htm

The Physician and Sports medicine, in conjunction with The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), offers continuing education programmes and credits to visitors of the website. Online quizzes are available every month with designated reading materials. Scores and correct answers are displayed after the test is attempted. Archives of all previous issues are available in the website.

2. UW Sports Medicine Movie Collection
http://www.orthop.washington.edu/movies

The website, maintained by University of Washington, has a collection of streaming videos on various orthopaedic and sport medicine. Topics like preventing golf injuries, minimal invasive joint replacements, common running injuries, anterior cruciate ligament surgeries are just a few examples of the topics available. The movies are educational for family physicians. Media Player is needed for viewing purpose.

3. WorldOrtho
http://www.worldortho.com/index.html

This is an interactive web site, created and maintained by the Nepean Hospital, Sydney for issues on orthopaedics and sports medicine. In the website are quizzes and online books intended for family physicians, paramedics, and other health professionals. An electronic version of the book A Simple Guide to Trauma is available online. Another online reference on sports medicine at the website is Colour Guide Sports Medicine (http://www.worldortho.com/sportsmed/content.html).

4. Oxford Handbook of Sports Medicine
http://www.worldortho.com/oxsportsmed/index.html

An online reference on sports medicine. Apart from injuries of different parts of the body, other aspect like nutrition, dermatology, drug effects and psychology of athletes are also covered. Special athlete groups like the old aged, disabled, children and women are referred to. The last chapter is dedicated to diving medicine. The chapters provide guidance and treatment of different kinds of sport injuries, and outline the management of both acute and chronic sport injuries and associated medical problems.

5. International SportMed Journal (ISMJ)
http://www.ismj.com/ismj/frames.asp

The official international, peer-reviewed, sports medicine journal of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) (www.fims.org). The scope of the journal ranges from diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of sport-related injuries and illnesses to sports radiology, pharmacology and psychology. A search engine at the website allows retrieval of relevant articles with ease. Abstracts are available for free, but the full text requires subscription to FIMS.

6. Emedix.com: Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery
http://www.emedx.com/

Maintained by the Stanford University Medical Center, this site has numerous articles on sports medicine and orthopaedic surgery. The topics are arranged by anatomical regions of the body and all articles are well illustrated with animations, surgical photos, annotated x-rays and schematics. There is also a keyword search engine in the website. The clinician education section of the website has focus on knee and shoulder topics including physical exam and joint injection techniques.

7. eMedicine Medical Textbook - Sport Medicine
http://www.emedicine.com/sports/contents.htm

The eMedicine site is a popular library of online medical references. Its section of sports medicine has in-depth descriptions and coverage of all common sports injuries. Material presented includes functional anatomy, physical findings, differential diagnosis, procedures, treatment and rehabilitations. In most conditions, illustrations with clinical photos and x-ray images are available.


Alfred KY Tang, MBBS (HK), MFM (Monash)
Family Physician in Private Practice

Correspondence to: Dr Alfred KY Tang, Shop 3A, 2/F, Hsin Kuang Shopping Centre, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.

E-mail: alfredtang@hkma.org


Please note that this and previous editions of "What's in the Web for Family Physicians" are now on the links page of the Web site. All suggested sites are connected by hyperlinks and can be reached by a click of the mouse.