Children's Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine

Head: A/Prof. Geraldine McNaughton
Email: geraldn2@chw.edu.au

See also: the CHISM website.

The focus of the Children's Hospital Institute of Sports Medicine (CHISM) has been to develop, validate and combine the means to assess bone mineral, bone material properties, bone and muscle geometry and bone strength indices.

Some of our focus has been on musculoskeletal adaptation to exercise in clinical (eg. diabetic), normal (eg. school based studies) and athletic.

Recent Publications:

O'Connor H, Eden BD, Farpour-Lambert NJ. et al. (2000) Recommendations for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Australian Children. Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. 173, Supp., Aug.

Naughton G., Farpour-Lambert N.J., Carlson J., Bradney M, and Van Praagh E. (2000) Physiological Issues Surrounding the Performance of Adolescent Athletes. Sports Medicine 30(5): 309-325.