Conclusions of the VII Conference of the Aviles Group on Sports Medicine

Celebrated in Avilés, from November 12 to 13, 2018

Abstract

The Avilés Working Group was promoted by the National Sports Council in 2009 and is made up of representatives of Physical Education and Sports Medicine Centers of all the autonomous communities that have these infrastructures, Sports Technification Centers, municipal Sports Medicine Centers and the Spanish Agency for Health Protection in Sport. The objectives of this working group include the coordination between these autonomous structures of Sports Medicine, the proposal of common solutions to the different problems suffered by each of the centers and to be an advisory group in the different areas of the Physical Education and Sports Medicine, for the National Sports Council.

This working group meets periodically; at its last meeting, held from 12 to 13 November 2018 in Avilés, after the different work meetings held, a series of conclusions were agreed, in relation to the Avilés Group itself, the health of the athlete, the regulation of the sports medical examinations, the promotion of the beneficial physical activity  to health, research in Physical Education and Sports Medicine, or the maintenance of the medical specialty. This article reproduces these conclusions.