Definition of Sports medicine

1. Noun. The branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries or illness resulting from athletic activities.

Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine

Definition of Sports medicine

1. Noun. (medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the effects of sport and exercise on the body, especially the treatment of injuries so received, and also studies the physiology of exercise ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sports medicine

1. The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in sports activities. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sports Medicine

sports bras
sports car
sports cars
sports coat
sports commentator
sports day
sports days
sports desk
sports editor
sports equipment
sports fan
sports final
sports ground
sports implement
sports jacket
sports medicine (current term)
sports meeting
sports page
sports section
sports stadium
sports writer
sportsaholic
sportsaholics
sportsbook
sportsbooks
sportscar
sportscars
sportscast
sportscaster
sportscasters

Literary usage of Sports medicine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adequacy of Evidence for Physical Activity Guidelines Development by Carol West Suitor, Vivica I. Kraak (2007)
"He is a Fellow of the American College of sports medicine, and in the 1990s, ... Dr. Garrett has a longstanding interest in orthopaedic sports medicine ..."

2. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"Dr. Haymes served a three-year term as president of the Research Consortium and a two-year term as vice president of the American College of sports medicine ..."

3. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... American College of Radiology American College of sports medicine American Council on Alcoholism American Dental Association American Dental Hygienists' ..."

4. Health United States 1995: The Annual National Report on Health by Kate Prager, Diane M. Makuc, Jacob J. Feldman (1998)
"The primary care subspecialties for family practice include: geriatric medicine and sports medicine. Primary care subspecialties for internal medicine ..."

5. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"He is a Fellow of the American College of sports medicine, the Human Biology Council and Mexican Institute of Nutrition. He is a member of the American ..."

6. Navy Seal Physical Fitness Guideedited by Patricia A. Deuster edited by Patricia A. Deuster (1998)
"CDR Moore was the first Navy physician selected for a primary care sports medicine fellowship, and trained at the San Diego sports medicine Center and San ..."

7. Health, United States, 1998 with Socioeconomic Status and Health Chartbook by National Center for Health Statistics, United States Government Printing Office (1998)
"The primary care subspecialties for family practice include geriatric medicine and sports medicine. Primary care subspecialties for internal medicine ..."

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