Time: Mar. 1, 2017
Source: JNU First Affiliated Hospital
Released by JNU News Centre

The Sports Medicine Centre of the First Affiliated Hospital of JNU was officially established on February 26th. Professor Chen Shiyi, the chairman of Sports Medicine Branch of Chinese Orthopedics Medical Doctor Association, the designate chairman of Sports Medicine Branch of Chinese Medical Association, the chairman of APKASS and the executive committee member of ISAKOS, Professor Liu Yujie, the vice chairman of Sports Medicine Branch of Chinese Medical Association, the chairman of Military Sports Medicine Arthroscope Branch and some other famous experts met together to have a discussion on shoulder joint treatment with experts and doctors of the First Affiliated Hospital. The forum attracted over 300 medical staff's attendence across the country.

(The opening ceremony for the establishment of The Sports Medicine Centre)

Ye Wencai, the vice president of JNU; Professor Chen Shiyi, Professor Li Weiping, the chairman of Sports Medicine Branch of Guangdong Medical Doctor Association, Professor Huang Huayang, the chairman of Sports Medicine Branch of Guangdon Medical Associationand Zha Zhen'gang, the secretary of the First Affiliated Hospital jointly inaugurated the center. The center under the leadership of Associate Professor Zheng Xiaofei, the national committee member of Upper Limb Sports Injury Research Group of CMA Sports Medicine Branch, aims at exploring a brand new way of orthopedics subspeciality construction and the clinical technique innovation and providing the patients with better medical service.

With the development of extensive fitness programs fot the general public, roughly 5,230 mass sports activities were held in Guangdong Province in 2015, with over 45,000,000 participants. With the growing fitness fever, more and more patients with sports injuries need medical rehabilitation services. During recent years, with the rapid growth of sports medicine over the country, more and more sports medicine centers or brunches have been established to guide the mass sports activities, to prevent sports injuries and to speed up the recovery.