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CONTENTS APRIL 2008 ISSUE 36
Publisher TOR DAVIES BSc (Hons) tor@sportex.net Editor LYNN BOOTH MCSP lynn@sportex.net Art editor DEBBIE ASHER debbie@sportex.net Advertising manager PAUL HARRIS paul@sportex.net 020 8287 3312 Sales and marketing SALLY HUMPHRIES BSc (Hons) sally@sportex.net 020 8287 3312 Subscriptions SANDRA GREATOREX subs@sportex.net 020 8287 3312
TECHNICAL ADVISORS Richard Bolton
(Physiolife editor) Steve Aspinall
Sophie Cox Dr Bryan English MCSP, MAPA
BSc (BASRaT), MSc
BSc (podiatry), SRCh, MChS
Dip.Sports Med, DO
Joanne Elphinston BPhty MA, MCSP Viv Lancey
MCSP, SRP
Dr Dylan Morrisey MCSP, MSc. PhD Prof Graham Smith FCSP, SRP Joan Watt
MCSP, SRP
Dr Nick Webborn MRCGP, DipSports Med, MSC
Dr Greg Whyte PhD, BSc (Hons) Welcome
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CONTENTS 4Journal watch
6Sudden cardiac death in athletes
This article looks at the background and causes of SCD and the principles of cardiac pre-participation screening
9Support for British world class disabled swimmers
An overview of biomechanics support services currently being provided to elite disabled swimmers
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A look at some of the latest research
14Scapular dyskinesia and
– what is the evidence? A review of the current evidence on both scapular muscle activity in subjects with impingement and the use of taping techniques
shoulder impingement on muscle activity? 18Taping 24PhysioLife Pages from the Physiobase community What is the effect of scapulothoracic taping