title: Sports medicine: a focus on health.
abstract: As part of a detailed survey, we recently asked our physician readers to define sports medicine. No single definition stood out. Words and phrases used included (among many others): art and science of medicine applied to physical activity, care of athletes, disease prevention and treatment, emphasis on function, enhancing fitness, exercise, health, health for all age groups, human performance, medical conditions affected by exercise, medical subspecialty, musculoskeletal medicine, nutrition, orthopedic subspecialty, physiology, prevention, psychology, rehabilitation, sports injuries, sports-related medical conditions, sports science, etc.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Matheson