Consensus on injury and illness prevention aids physicians and athletes The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and five other professional organizations released a new team physician consensus statement today that outlines best practices for injury and illness prevention for athletes of all levels. This statement is the newest paper in a series published since 2000 that addresses pertinent topics such as return-to-play decisions, concussion treatment, injury and illness prevention, sideline preparedness, psychological issues and other important topics. The team physician consensus statements...

University of Texas Health researcher Harold Kohl, Ph.D., helped lead project. The Global Observatory for Physical Activity (GoPA!), a council of physical activity researchers including Harold Kohl, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, unveiled today baseline data cards for 131 countries across the world. These cards offer a detailed look at physical activity research, policy and surveillance worldwide. GoPA! was launched in 2012 after publication of the landmark Lancet Physical Activity Series which described a worldwide physical...