Findings from University of Colorado Provides New Data on Sports Medicine (Ethical, Legal, and Administrative Considerations for Preparticipation…

Findings from University of Colorado Provides New Data on Sports Medicine (Ethical, Legal, and Administrative Considerations for Preparticipation Evaluation for Wilderness Sports and Adventures)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Current study results on Health and Medicine have been published. According to news reporting originating in Denver, Colorado, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Preparticipation evaluations (PPEs) are common in team, organized, or traditional sports but not common in wilderness sports or adventures. Regarding ethical, legal, and administrative considerations, the same principles can be used as in traditional sports."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Colorado, "Clinicians should be trained to perform such a PPE to avoid missing essential components and to maximize the quality of the PPE. In general, participants' privacy should be observed; office-based settings may be best for professional and billing purposes, and adequate documentation of a complete evaluation, including clearance issues, should be essential components. Additional environmental and personal health issues relative to the wilderness activity should be documented, and referral for further screening should be made as deemed necessary, if unable to be performed by the primary clinician."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Travel medicine principles should be incorporated, and recommendations for travel or adventure insurance should be made."

For more information on this research see: Ethical, Legal, and Administrative Considerations for Preparticipation Evaluation for Wilderness Sports and Adventures. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 2015;25(5):388-391. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA (see also Health and Medicine).

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C.C. Young, University of Colorado, Dept. of Emergency Med, Denver, CO 80202, United States. Additional authors for this research include A.D. Campbell, J. Lemery and D.S. Young.

Keywords for this news article include: Denver, Colorado, United States, Health and Medicine, North and Central America

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