{"title":"Adaptation to warm climates","authors":"S. Miles","doi":"10.1136/bjsm.3.2.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.3.2.61","url":null,"abstract":"This is characteristically found in the rain forest belt which more or less follows the Equator round the world through Central Africa, India and the Pacific Islands and South America. It is a monotonous climate with little variation in temperature day or night or thoughout the year. The dry bulb temperature rarely exceeds 90 F. and a wet bulb is not far behind it and frequently at night the humidity may be 100%. Rain forest protects the area from wind and the air is invariably still. Because of the high humidity man cannot lose heat through evaporation and must rely on conduction, convection and radiation, which are slow processes and thus after exercise many hours elapse before the body temperature returns to normal. It is a climate too which discourages activity and the inhabitants are quite naturally lazy especially as there is often an abundance of food. Furthermore the lack of contrast between day and night and winter and summer removes the stimulus of change which monotony in practise leads to a much higher incidence of psychiatric disease. In a serious of experiments comparing the stress of the jungle and desert climates it was found that the excretion of 17 keto-steroids in the urine was increased. In the Service during the war the invaliding rate from this climate for psychological upset was much higher than elsewhere.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115431927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short Interval Training and its uses in the late phase of rehabilitation of the injured","authors":"Walter Winterbottom","doi":"10.1136/BJSM.3.4.189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/BJSM.3.4.189","url":null,"abstract":"In introducing short interval training and suggesting its possible uses in the late phase of rehabilitation, it should first be made clear that this is not intended to represent a detailed account of a piece of research, duly documented, and embracing appropriate numbers of patients, controls and trials, but it has a functional bias and describes work during the last ten years or so. This work has consisted of the development of a conditoning procedure of a cardiovascular nature, determined in the main by the findings qf such men as A.V.Hill, Jokl, Brouha, Christensen and others. The method described here appears to have a valuable contribution to make towards the patient's total recovery.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125280787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The prophylaxis of travellers' diarrhoea","authors":"P. Sperryn","doi":"10.1136/bjsm.3.3.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.3.3.124","url":null,"abstract":"While a causative organism may be found, the majority of cases escape clear cut pathological classification. Certain features of Traveller's -Diarrhoea such as its incidence, prevalence and spread, for instance in families strongly suggest an infective causation and it is perhaps logical to think that one is dealing with an infective group of disorders for two further reasons. Firstly, changes of climate, temperature, surroundings, diet and water as \"pure drinking water\", in the absence of pathogenic organisms have not been shown to cause diarrhoea by themselves and those who propose climatic environmental change alone as a causal agent have not shown any mechanism whereby these factors directly affect the bowel.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126895951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cold Adaptation","authors":"P. Massey","doi":"10.1136/bjsm.3.2.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.3.2.71","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the widely held view that man does not carry out physiological changes to adapt himself to a cold environment, there is strong evidence that adaptation to cold does occur, but it is not as marked as the adaptation to heat, and is more difficult to measure. For this acclimatisation to occur, there must be adequate exposure of the body to the cold; merely living in a centrally heated building in a cold climate is insufficient, and the face can become severely frost-bitten after a short exposure to freezing temperatures, if there is even slight wind.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"44 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134555552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potentiation of Spinal injury in lifting","authors":"H. David, E. Hamley, G. Saunders","doi":"10.1136/bjsm.3.4.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.3.4.193","url":null,"abstract":"Bradford and Spurling in 1945 calculated that pressures in the region of 1,600 lb/sq. ins. occur in the lower part of the spine during straight legged lifting. This calculation viewed the body mechanically rather than biomechanically. There is in fact a postural reaction to the load of swaying backwards, and an unavoidable increase in intratruncal pressure. The later work by Floyd and Silver, 1955, showed erectores spinae to be electromyographically silent in the early phase of loaded extension. Whilst this is true the contribution of these muscles to this movement is also a function of the weight lifted, the time taken and the extent of flexion considered relative to the mobility of the individual. The work led to even greater concern about the dangers to which the spinal column is subjected in this movement.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114929589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dr. Pat Hume Kendall","authors":"H. Burry","doi":"10.1136/BJSM.3.4.217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/BJSM.3.4.217","url":null,"abstract":"It is with great sadness that we record the tragic death of He passed the examination for the Diploma of Physical Medicine in 1955. In 1957 he was admitted to membership of the Royal College of Physicians of London. In 1960 he was appointed Consultant Physician in Physical Medicine to Guy's Hospital and the Evelina Children's Hospital. Under his guidance the Department at Guy's greatly extended its activities in the next eight years, and came to include a Rehabilitation Unit at New Cross Hospital and a Cerebral Palsy Assessment Unit. Apart from these appointments , he contrived to find time to edit the Annals of Physical Medicine, sit on the Editorial Board of the Clinical Trials Journal, fill the positions of Editorial Representative and Councillor to the Physical Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, Councillor of the British Association of Physical Medicine and examiner for the Diploma of Physical Medicine. Miraculously he still found time inspite of these heavy duties, to carry on a busy private practice, but it was one of his sorrows that too little time was available to pursue his interest in sports medicine. While a student his natural talent and ability to tolerate the most rigorous training schedules led to his achieving great success as a free-style swimmer. He represented England 26 times between 1947 and 1950 including the Olympic Games and captained England at the 1950 Empire Games, where he took a Gold ard two Bronze medals. He retired somewhat prematurely in 1950 when he graduated but retained his interest in swimming and problems associated with competitive athletics. One of his many publications was a chapter on injuries associated with this sport, in \"Injury in Sport\" In years to come, he will probably be most remembered for his research into the indications and techniques of intra-articular corticosteroid injection therapy but among his more recent research, was a brilliant study of the treatment and aetiology of low back pain. Medicine in general, and Physical Medicine in particular, has suffered a bitter blow with his tragic death.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124827183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Olympic medical problems","authors":"J. Owen","doi":"10.1136/BJSM.3.3.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/BJSM.3.3.131","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121265411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Constitution of the British Associaition of Sport and Medicine","authors":"","doi":"10.1136/bjsm.3.3.149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.3.3.149","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"81 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131133617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Annotation-Weight lifting injuries to the back in adolescents","authors":"","doi":"10.1136/bjsm.3.4.168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.3.4.168","url":null,"abstract":"'m not going to pretend that I don't get excited over a British triumph-of course I do, but I don't imagine that the end of the world is in sight because we didn't reach the final of the Europa Cup last year. One of the things that most distrubs me is the ever-increasing number of international competitors. In my opinion in athletics there are far too many. The expense of taking teams abroad is crippling even with 50% Govt. help with fares. I have touched on a number of aspects of international sport. I am conscious of just touching the surface of many and of omitting any reference to others. Perhaps you will kindly remedy this by a discussion which I hope will follow. a former Weight Lifting coach, drew our attention to the possible dangers to the vertebral column of the \"Press\", especially when used by adolescents, either in competitive weight lifting, or even in heavy weight training. Although we recognise the dangers of hyperflexion at any age, perhaps insufficient attention has been paid to injuries brought about by repeated hyperextension, such as is necessary in \"pressing\" a weight in the Olympic classical \"Standing Press\". It is difficult for one coach, or even one orthopaedic clinic, to gather enough carefully recorded case histories to be of statistical significance, but we would be grateful to B.A. S.M. members who can give us clinical details of any cases they have in their clinics or clubs, in which spinal injury has occurred that might be attributable to \"pressing\" weights in training or in competition. We would also be grateful fQr details of any competitions in weight lifting held for competitors under the age of 18. The loan of any good radiographs of the articular facets injured by this exercise would also be appreciated. Would members please communicate with Mr.Mason direct, at the address given, or send information to the Editor of the Bulletin of B.","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126655861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rehabilitation and Remedial work in the State Educational System","authors":"H. Sainsbury","doi":"10.1136/BJSM.3.4.178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/BJSM.3.4.178","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":250837,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin - British Association of Sport and Medicine","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1968-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116700909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}