Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports

Edited by:
Michael Kjaer

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 8/72 (Sport Sciences)
Impact Factor: 2.295

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Representing the Scandinavian sports medicine and science associations, the journal publishes original articles on the traumatologic (orthopaedic), physiologic, biomechanic, medical (including rehabilitation), sociologic, psychologic, pedagogic, historic and philosophic aspects of sport. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports is thus multidisciplinary and encompasses all elements of research in sport.

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Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
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Read a key article from the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports!

Golf: a game of life and death - reduced mortality in Swedish golf players
B. Farahmand, G. Broman, U. de Faire, D. Vågerö, A. Ahlbom

Golf can be a good investment for the health, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 per cent lower than for other people of the same sex, age and socioeconomic status, which correspond to a 5 year increase in life expectancy. Golfers with a low handicap are the safest. Click here to read the full article