About

The Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal is a print and online publication that bridges the gap between traditional scientific journal and magazine. In it, we present a multidisciplinary approach to athlete care with topics including sports science, sports medicine, sports surgery, sports rehabilitation and sports radiology.

Our articles are practical and useful, and written by international experts in their field. On this website you can access all of these articles, as well as unique online-only content so you’ll stay up to date with the latest sports medicine news and research.

Launched in April 2012, the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal is published by Aspetar – Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital (www.aspetar.com), where athletes are provided with the highest possible medical treatment for sports-related injuries in a state-of-the-art facility, staffed by some of the world’s leading sports medicine practitioners and researchers.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Khalid Ali Al-Mawlawi

COO & Acting DG of Aspetar

Abdulaziz Jaham Al-Kuwari

MD, CEO of Aspetar

Mohammed K. Al Suwaidi

DG of Hamad Medical Corporation

Hakim Chalabi

MD, MBSM

Khalid Abdulrahman AlNaama

Director of Marketing in Aspetar 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Nebojsa Popovic

MD, PhD

DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Khalid Al-Khelaifi

MD

MANAGING EDITOR & DESIGNER

Ivan Stankovic

JOURNAL CO-ORDINATOR

Nasim Mansour Al Abbi

JOURNAL INNOVATION & OUTREACH SPECIALIST

Fai Mohammed Al-Naimi

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Pieter D’Hooghe

MD, PhD

Celeste Geertsema

MD

Rodney Whiteley

PT, PhD

Marco Cardinale

PhD

Karim Khan

MD, PhD

EDITORIAL BOARD

Gerard Saillant

MD, PhD

Bashir Ahmed Zikria

MD, PhD

Enda King

PT, PhD

Peter Dzendrowskyj

MD

Roald Bahr

MD, PhD

Riadh Miladi

PT

Yorck Olaf Schumacher

MD

Olivier Girard

PHD

Cristiano Eirale

MD, PhD

Joshua Dines

MD, PhD

Mathew Wilson

PhD

Juan‑Manuel Alonso

MD, PhD

Johannes Tol

MD, PhD

Marc Martens

MD, PhD

Ali Guermazi

MD, PhD

Adam Weir

MD, PhD

Paul Dijkstra

MD, DPhil

Mohammed Al-Alteeq

MD

Liesel Geertsema

MD

Milena Tomovic

MD

Louis Holtzhausen

MD, PhD

Sanja Mazic

MD, PhD

Charles Cassidy

MD

Paulo Victor Helito

MD, PhD

Jonny K Andersson

MD, PhD

Abdulla Saeed Al-Mohannadi

MPH

Lana Krzman

MD

Karim Chamari

PhD

Marcelo Bordalo

MD, PhD

Elisabet Hagert

MD, PhD

Chris John Esh
Valter Di Salvo

PhD

Emmanouil Papakostas

MD

Roula Kotsifaki

PT, PhD

Shaima Al-Khaldi
Omar Al-Seyrafi

MD

Mohammed Alsaey

MD

Mefleh Alenazi

PhD

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