Physiotherapy at the XII Commonwealth Games Part I: Organization and Utilization of Services

Abstract

During the XII Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane in 1982, Australian physiotherapists provided a host service which treated nearly one thousand competitors and officials. This service, which was offered at both the Games Villages and Sporting Venues, required extensive planning over a two and a half year period. Appropriate staffing, equipment and space allocation was needed to cater for the wide variety of expected injuries. The services were well utilized which justified the efforts of the organizers and physiotherapists involved in the host team.

Military Training and Musculoskeletal Disorders

“…Whether it concerns military or civilian athletes, opinions based on contemporary knowledge of MSD risk factors tend to remain divided, based partly on scientific, anecdotal, and circumstantial evidence. Pioneering epidemiological research into sports-related injuries by means of physiotherapy treatment records was first conducted by Jull and Cupit (43,44) during the early 1980s. This was followed by Gruhn et al (15), who pioneered the use of physiother-apy records in the examination of injuries of presenting military personnel.…”