Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism

Nations’ Health: Systems of Lifelong Physical Education as a Foundation of Public Health

Section 04. Elite sport and following health issues

Head: 
Smolensky Andrey V., Professor, Doctor of Medicine, Academician of the Academy of Natural Sciences
Information about the head: 

The major areas of scientific activity of the head of sport medicine department, Director of Scientific Research Institute of Sport Medicine of Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Professor, Doctor of Medicine, Academician of the Academy of Natural Sciences Smolensky Andrey V, are directly connected with issues of sport cardiology and the identification of cardiac factors limiting athlete’s physical capacity, early detection and prevention of cardio vascular system overstrain and monitoring athletes with boarder-line cardiac pathology and study of a sudden death problem in sport.
A.V.Smolensky’s scientific research is also devoted to the problems of reproductive system pathology in women athletes and to rehabilitation treatment of athletes, particularly of those with locomotor diseases  

Section will deal with the issues of elite athletes specific diseases and the approaches to early detection and prevention of pathologic and pre-pathologic states. Special attention will be paid to various forms of athletes overstrain.

Sections directions: 
- Boarder-line states in sport medicine
- Acute and emergency states in sport medicine
- Approaches to diagnosis and prevention of visceral and locomotor systems overstrain in athletes
- Sport pharmacology