Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine & Athletic Trauma

The Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma (NISMAT)the first hospital-based facility dedicated to the study of sports medicine in the countrywas established at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1973. Since its founding as a research, teaching and clinical center, NlSMATs approach to the treatment of athletic injuries has brought a new perspective to the relationship between exercise and fitness in all age groups. Its ongoing work provides information relevant to everyone who participates in exercise or sports, whether it is a child at play or an elderly person exercising to keep fit, a weekend athlete or a marathon runner. NISMAT is a major contributor to the science of sports medicine. Once perceived as discipline concerned only with repairing athletes traumatic injuries, sports medicine is now recognized as a medical science that is expanding the understanding of the bodys integrated response to all forms of physical activity. NISMATs mission is to offer excellent ...