Adewale Adebajo, MB, BS, FACP,     is Arthritis and Rheumatism Council of Great Britain Research Fellow at the Department of Rheumatology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. In addition to managing sports injuries, his research interests include new diagnostic and therapeutic measures for sports injuries.

Malcolm B Bottomley, MB, ChB,     is the Medical Officer to the University of Bath. He is also an Honorary Medical Officer to the British Athletics Federation and is Medical Director of the Distance Learning Course in Sports Medicine for doctors offered by the University of Bath. His experience in sports medicine includes previous posts as an Honorary Medical Officer to the Football Association of Wales and to Bath Rugby Football Club. He attended the 1988 Olympic Games as Medical Officer to the Great Britain track and field athletics team.

Hugh C Burry, MB, ChB, FRACP, FRCP (Lond), D Phys Med, FACRM, FACSP,     lately Professor and Director of Rehabilitation Medicine, Melbourne University and Royal Melbourne and Essendon Hospitals, Australia. Previous posts include Director of the Department of Rheumatology, Guy’s Hospital, London; Consultant Physician to the Sports Council of Great Britain; and Associate Professor of Rheumatology, Wellington Clinical School of Medicine, Australia.

Tony Butlin, MA,     Adv Dip Phys Ed, MIHE, is Principal Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Sunderland. His lecturing and research commitments are in the field of exercise physiology, from which he has gained a vast amount of experience in the fitness assessment of both the elitist in sport and in members of the community. He is a fitness consultant to many sports clubs and community leisure centres on methods of training and their assessment.

Kenneth S Carnine, MD,     Chief of the Department of Surgery, Head of Orthopedic Division, Affiliated Health Services Hositals, Skagit County, Washington, USA. Member of 15 medical societies. Multiple previous pubications. Current Medical Director of Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union and Co-Medical Director of USA Rugby Football Union.

John L Chase, MD, FACS,     Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery, President of Benchmark Medical Group, Orthopedic Consultant to the United States Air Force Reserve, Honorary Medical Advisor to the United States Rugby Football Union, Chief Physician for the US Eagles Rugby Team, Founding Member International College of Rugby Medicine. He maintains active practice in orthopedics, trauma and sports injuries in Oakland, CA and Sacramento, CA, USA.

Mary Dyson, BSc, PhD,     is Director of the Tissue Repair Research Unit, Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology, United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospitals, London, UK, and Reader in Tissue Repair Biology of the University of London. She is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Roger Evans, MB, BS, FRCP,     is Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He was previously Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

Shirley Hancock, ONC, MCSP, SRP,     is Physiotherapy Manager at the RDC Physiotherapy Clinic, London, the Royal Ballet Schools and the Royal Academy of Dancing.

Brian Hazleman, MA, FRCP,     is Consultant Rheumatologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Director of the Rheumatology Research Unit and Fellow at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge. He is interested in many aspects of the rheumatic diseases and, in particular, assessing the treatment of soft tissue rheumatism. In addition he carries out research studies into the causation and treatment of soft tissue rheumatism.

Justin Howse, MB, BS, FRCS,     is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Medical Director of St. Vincent’s Orthopaedic Hospital, Director of the RDC Physiotherapy Clinic, London. Orthopaedic Consultant to the Royal Ballet Schools, the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Royal Society of Musicians. Trustee and Council Member of the British Performing Arts Medicine Trust.

Simon L Knight, MB, FRCS,     is a Consultant in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, at the Plastic Surgery Unit, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds.

Michael Kody, MD,     is currently in private practice as an orthopaedic surgeon in Spokane, Washington, USA, and has completed a 1-year fellowship at the Orthopedic Specialty Hospital.

Catherine M E Lennox, MB, ChB, FRCS (Orth) (Ed),     began her orthopaedic career in her native Scotland and subsequently in Newcastle upon Tyne, spending several years training on a part-time basis while being mother of two. She is now a full-time Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool, Cleveland. She is currently involved in establishing a ‘knee injury clinic’ and arthroscopy service to complement the sports medicine clinic in Hartlepool.

Evan Llewelyn Lloyd, MB, ChB, FRCS (Ed), FCAnaes,     is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital in Edinburgh. Previous posts include Medical Officer, Bamdah Mission Hospital in India, posts in geriatrics and general medicine in Scotland, and Staff Anaesthetist, Toronto General Hospital, Canada.

John Lloyd Parry, MA, MB, BChir,     is Medical Adviser to the Fédération Equestre Internationale and to the Governing Body of the British Horse Society Horse Trials (Eventing). He is also a Member of the Committee of the Medical Commission on Accident Prevention (Sports).

Caroline J MacEwen, MB, ChB, FRCS (Ed), FC, Ophth,     is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.

Donald A D Macleod, FRCS,     is a Consultant General Surgeon, St John’s Hospital, Livingston, West Lothian, UK. Honorary Medical Advisor to the Scottish Rugby Union and Chairman of the Scottish Sports Council Consultative Group on Sports Medicine and Sports Science.

Greg R McLatchie, FRCS,     is Consultant in General and Peripheral Vascular Surgery, The General Hospital, Hartlepool. He is also Director of the National Sports Medicine Institute, London, and Visiting Professor in Sports Medicine, University of Sunderland.

Ian McLean, BSc (Hons) MB, ChB, FRCS (Glas),     is a Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery in Falkirk. A member of the Scientific Group of the International Orienteering Federation, he is also assistant medical officer to the British Orienteering Squad and part of the medical team of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.

M O’Brien,     is Professor of Anatomy, Trinity College, Dublin, where she is also Director of the Human Performance Laboratory.

Lonnie Paulos, MD,     is currently in private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He is Co-Director of the Orthopedic Specialty Hospital and Medical Director of the Orthopedic Biomechanics Institute. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Utah Medical School. Previously, he was the Co-Director of Cincinnati Sports Medicine Institute.

Edward C Percy, BSc, MD CM, MSc, Dip Surg (McGill), FACS, FRCS(C),     is Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Arizona, USA (retired).

Arup K Ray, MB, BS, MS (Gen. Surg.), FRCS (Ed),     is Senior Registrar in Plastic Surgery at the West of Scotland Regional Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.

David A Sherlock, BM, BCh, MA, DPhil, FRCS,     is a consultant at both the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. His previous posts include Oxford, Reading and...