Disciplines and Occupations

Sports Medicine

The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in exercise and sports activities.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The field of medicine concerned with physical fitness and the diagnosis and treatment of injuries sustained in exercise and sports activities.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Medicine, Sport
  • Medicine, Sports
  • Sport Medicine

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

use for the discipline (education, history, etc) only; SPORTS is available for the activity; policy Manual 30.15

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History Note

80; was SPORT MEDICINE 1963-79

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  1. H02w.403w.830w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sports Medicine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013178. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013178
  2. Sports Medicine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_medicine
  3. Sports Medicine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840545