Soon to be published by BioMed Central

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology (SMARTT) is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal soon to be launched by BioMed Central

SMARTT, the official journal of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (APOSSM), provides a forum to facilitate the rapid transmission of knowledge amongst this multidisciplinary community. The journal aims to inspire clinicians, practitioners, scientists and engineers to work towards a common goal to improve the quality of life in the international community. SMARTT is affiliated with the Japanese Orthoapedic Society for Knee Surgery Arthroscopy And Sports Medicine (JOSKAS).

Sports Medicine is itself a field that has cross-discipline dimensions and includes specific fields of sports traumatology, cardiology, endocrinology, accident and emergency medicine, physiology, biochemistry and biomechanics. Whilst each of these fields serves a specific domain, they all provide important contributions to the overall care of athletes.

Arthroscopy is the key to minimally invasive interventions for sports trauma. Recent advancements in skills and technology have allowed significant developments in this area, driving arthroscopy to the forefront of surgical development in sports traumatology.

Rehabilitation is an integral part of the overall management of sports trauma. It entails a comprehensive program of treatment with the allied health professionals, performance optimization, preventive measures and outcome evaluation.

Therapy embraces all modalities of surgical treatment related to arthroplasty and sports injuries with specific reference to major joints such as knee, shoulder and ankle. This includes osteotomy, total joint replacement, minimally invasive examination and surgery, and computer assisted surgery.

Technology is of vital importance to biomechanical and biological research areas of arthroplasty and sports medicine, allowing new ideas to be tested, developed and applied in the field.

Multidisciplinary research with collaboration amongst clinicians and scientists from different disciplines will be the trend in the coming decades. SMARTT will provide the platform for exchange of new clinical and scientific information in the most precise and expeditious way to achieve timely dissemination of information and cross-fertilization of ideas.

Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy & Technology is accepting submissions; please use the online submission system to submit your manuscript. For all enquiries about the journal, please contact: editorial@smarttjournal.com.