Peking University Shenzhen Hospital Sports Medicine Science and Technology Innovation was established in 2007. In 2012, it officially established the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Department and has an independent ward with 45 beds. In 2018, it established the Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine Center with 72 beds. It has now developed into a sports medicine specialty that integrates surgical treatment of sports injuries and functional rehabilitation.
At present, the department is a key medical discipline in Guangdong Province, and is at the forefront of sports injury surgical treatment, sports rehabilitation, sports prescription, event support, and sports injury prevention and control science popularization in China.
The department currently has 37 medical staff, including 10 physicians, 26 nurses, 15 trained physicians, and 1 medical assistant; 9 people have a doctoral degree and 2 people have a master's degree; 5 people hold senior professional titles and 20 people hold intermediate professional titles. Department personnel have visited well-known hospitals and universities at home and abroad for training multiple times. At present, the department is equipped with multiple latest arthroscopic surgical systems, various arthroscopic surgical instruments, and sports injury rehabilitation treatment equipment.
The department's advantageous technologies and distinctive diagnosis and treatment projects include:
1. Surgical treatment for sports injuries. There are five professional groups including total joint group, hip and knee group, shoulder and knee group, ankle and knee group, and adolescent sports injury group, with outstanding expertise and specialized disease treatment. The outpatient volume of the department is 40000 people/year, and the surgical volume exceeds 2000 cases/year, ranking among the top in Guangdong Province. Especially in high difficulty surgeries such as anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, half moon plate repair and transplantation, gluteal muscle contracture release, shoulder dislocation stabilization surgery, and the application of arthroscopy outside the joint, it has reached the leading level in China and undertakes technical training for sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery professionals in South China.
2. Exercise rehabilitation. Serving as the deputy leader unit of the National Sports Rehabilitation Study Group and the leading chairman unit of the Shenzhen Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Sports Rehabilitation Specialized Alliance, leading the creation of an advanced model of integrated surgical rehabilitation in China, and building a one-stop diagnosis and treatment platform for sports injuries, including "prevention conservative rehabilitation surgery early postoperative rehabilitation returning to sports".
3. Exercise prescription. Actively promoting exercise intervention for common chronic diseases, opening the first "Exercise for Health (Exercise Prescription)" outpatient clinic in Shenzhen, and obtaining the "Shenzhen Sports Medicine Integration Pilot Demonstration Point" and "Shenzhen (Exercise for Health) Science Popularization Base".
4. Event guarantee. Undertook the medical insurance work for international events such as the WTA Finals and the Shenzhen International Marathon, as well as the medical insurance for sports injuries in the Shenzhen national team. At the same time, trained excellent sports medicine and sports rehabilitation clinical talents.
5. Popular science on the prevention and treatment of sports injuries. Taking it as our responsibility to ensure the health of the entire population through sports, we actively promote knowledge of sports injury prevention and control through various media channels, and have obtained the "Guangdong Province Sports Injury Prevention and Control Science Popularization Base".
In the future, the department will continue to promote the application of arthroscopic minimally invasive technology in sports injuries and extra joint injuries, adhere to the principle of functional first, and use integrated management of sports injury surgery and functional rehabilitation to promote patients' early return to society and sports. At the same time, we will comprehensively popularize scientific knowledge of sports, advocate the concept of promoting health through sports, help achieve the Healthy China strategy, and promote the new development of national fitness sports.