Showcasing the brightest minds from Australia and beyond: come to Melbourne for Sports Medicine Australia's annual conference (14 17 October 2020)
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) is excited to announce that our 2020 annual conference is returning to Melbourne, the home of Australian rules football (figure 1) Fittingly, we begin this SMA British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) edition by highlighting the landmark paper by PhD student Daniel Hoffman, who analysed 20 years of injury data to link injury incidence to Australian rules football team performance See page 475 While the injury team performance link is established in elite soccer, this paper is the first to establish how important effective injury risk reduction strategies are to team success in Australian rules football. Figure 1 Your invitation to the Sports Medicine Australia Conference, Melbourne, 14 17 October 2020. As you walk around Melbourne's Albert Park Lake to the 2020 SMA conference venue, contemplate the ever increasing scientific evidence on the importance of physical activity to our personal and professional lives. SMA is proud to play a key leadership role in the healthy performance and participation of Australians in physical activity and sport. Want up to date information? Dr Melody Ding's review paper See page 462
British Journal of Sports Medicine