title: FIMS: Providing International Leadership in Sports Medicine.
abstract: Many physicians and scientists think of sports medicine as a new field, but it has attracted worldwide interest since 1928, when FIMS, an international sports medicine federation, was organized. The author, the newly elected cochairman of the FIMS Scientific Commission, describes the organization.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Knuttgen