List of sports medicine organizations
This list of sports medicine organizations includes professional associations (but not, e.g., hospitals, clinics, or universities) for healthcare workers who are professionally involved in sports medicine. There is a separate list for organizations primarily catering to coaches, personal trainers, and fitness centers. Some of these organizations offer professional credentialing or training to members, or may sponsor a medical journal or research.
Medical organizations
[edit]| Organization | Location | References |
|---|---|---|
| American College of Sports Medicine | United States | [1] |
| American Medical Society for Sports Medicine | United States | [1] |
| American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) | United States | |
| Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians | Australia and New Zealand | |
| British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine | United Kingdom | |
| Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine | Canada | |
| Canadian Athletic Therapists Association | Canada | |
| European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (FIMS) | Europe | [2] |
| Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK | United Kingdom | |
| Fédération Internationale de Medicine Sportive | global | |
| Institut de recherche biomédicale et d'épidémiologie du sport | France | |
| International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine | global | |
| Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma | United States | |
| Sports Medicine Australia | Australia | [3] |
Athletic trainers and fitness centers
[edit]| Organization | Location | References |
|---|---|---|
| National Academy of Sports Medicine | United States | |
| National Athletic Trainers' Association | United States | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Saultz, John W. (2000). Textbook of Family Medicine. McGraw-Hill. p. 722. ISBN 9780070579583. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ Tittel, Kurt; Wesseling, John (2004). 75 years FIMS – Fédération Internationale de Médicine du Sport: A Historical Review in Words and Pictures. Gera: Druckhaus. ISBN 978-3-9809803-7-1.
- ^ Vamplew, Wray (1989). A Healthy Body: the Australian Sports Medicine Federation 1963–1988. Canberra: Australian Sports Medicine Federation. ISBN 1-8753-3400-9.