Mike Moore

The Challenge of Boxing: Bringing Safety into the Ring

Medical supervision in professional boxing is basically unregulated. Can physicians help make the sport safer?

Corrective Mouth Guards: Performance Aids or Expensive Placebos?

A controversial theory that bite splints and corrective mouth guards can improve athletic performance has some professionals arguing about the role of dentists and mouth protection in sports.

Percent Body Fat Testing: ‘A Two-Edged Sword’

Weight is the most common characteristic used to describe an athlete. But percentage of fat is what should concern physicians and coaches.

What Are We Learning From Road Races

Road races and fun runs would be safer if runners and race directors were more aware of the predictable medical problems and their prevention and management.

Scouting the Elite, Unbreakable Football Player

Some NFL football teams see physiological profiling as a means to protect and enhance their competitive and business success. Whether football players will benefit by increased performance and fewer injuries remains to be seen.

Carbohydrate Loading: Eating Through the Wall.

Carbohydrate loading has been shown to increase muscle glycogen stores and increase endurance in marathon athletes, but recent findings show that it need not be an extreme regimen.

The Computerization of Sportsmedicine

The efficiency possible with computer technology is making sportsmedicine expertise available to a fitness-conscious public. Better communication between programmers and sportsmedicine practitioners is necessary, however, so that computer systems are fully understood by those using them.

Boston Marathon Medical Coverage: The Road Racer's Safety Net

At the oldest and most famous US marathon, the six-year-old medical team is learning more about acute road racing injuries and their management.

Tough-Man Fight Prompts New Boxing Legislation

Tough-man fighters generally are unprepared or poorly trained for these contests. Minnesota has new rules that protect tough-man fighters and boxers alike.

Cigarettes and Sports: British Physicians Fight ‘Hypocrisy’

The Royal College of Physicians has joined British antismoking groups in calling for a ban on tobacco company sponsorship of sport.