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Sports Medicine

Sports medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with physical activity and exercise, focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions related to sport, as well as the promotion of health and performance through movement. It is inherently multidisciplinary, drawing o…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 8 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 13× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2694-2283 🗓 Reviewed September 2026

Overview

Sports medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with physical activity and exercise, focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and conditions related to sport, as well as the promotion of health and performance through movement. It is inherently multidisciplinary, drawing on orthopaedics, exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, cardiology, and rehabilitation to serve recreational participants, competitive athletes, and the general population. A major emphasis is the prevention and management of musculoskeletal injury, including the analysis of movement patterns and kinetic-chain relationships to reduce common problems such as ankle sprains, and the study of injury incidence, risk factors, and outcomes across sports, including high-risk activities like equestrian disciplines associated with spinal cord injury. The discipline also addresses the iatrogenic risks of treatment, such as joint infection following intra-articular injection, and the application of monitoring technologies, including continuous glucose measurement in elite athletes, to inform training and recovery. Beyond injury, Sports and Exercise Medicine examines the therapeutic role of physical activity in managing chronic disease, for example in the control of hypertension, and the physiological adaptations underlying fitness. Practitioners integrate clinical assessment, imaging, and evidence-based rehabilitation with strategies for safe return to activity. By uniting performance optimization with injury prevention and the broad health benefits of exercise, sports medicine bridges clinical care and the science of human movement.

Research published in this journal

8 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine

V. Grivas GerasimosCorresponding author
Department of Physical Education and Sport Science University of Thessaly, Greece
Exact topic Sports and Exercise Medicine Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2694-2283.jsem-18-1924
2019

Hypertension Today: Role of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Stefani LauraCorresponding author
Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit-Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence –Italy.
Exact topic Hypertension and Cardiology Cited by 11 doi:10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-19-2714

How this research is being cited

The 8 articles above have been cited 13 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Sports Medicine, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Sports and Exercise Medicine (ISSN 2694-2283).

Journal editorial board
Liye Zou · China Angelo Cataldo · Italy Felipe Padilha · Brazil

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