As mentioned before, “Women Sports Societies” are under the supervision of the “Deputy of Women Sports of the Physical Education Organization of I.R.Iran” in the form of The Women Sports Federation of I.R.Iran. Mission Statement: We, as members of the main organization on “Women Sports Medicine” in Iran are quite decided about settling appropriate sports medicine progress to improve health status and performance level of Iranian female elite and amateur athletes, and in this way, in addition to employing scientific and experienced personnel, we focus on the updated and evidence based science to fulfill preventional and therapeutic needs of the athletes, to educate medical team, to perform researches based on needs assessment, and to publicate relevant sciences; and in all these issues, we observe ethical, Islamic, and cultural disciplines in the boundaries of international regulations in sports.

	The activities: *   Medical coverage of events and camps *   Medical insurance *   Supervising provinces *   Education *   Research *   Publication

Members: *   Dr. Farzaneh Torkan, President *   Dr. Laleh Hakemi, Vice-President *   Mrs. Pari Shirjian, Executive manager *   Mrs. Fereshteh Mirabadi, Medical services committee manager *   Mrs. Simin kashef, Publication committee manager *   And more than 40 physicians cooperating with the society *   Also 28 boards in the 28 provinces are under the supervision of      the society

Medical coverage: *   Female national championships (events and camps) *   Ramazan’s Cup championships (events and camps) *   Olympic Run Days *   Days of Dawn international championships (events and camps) *   Various levels of female leagues *   Preseason examination of female national teams *   Medical coverage of the 1st, and 2nd Islamic Countries Women      Sports Games *   Medical coverage of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Islamic Countries Women     Sports Camps *   Doping control

Medical Insurance:
All the female athletes in Iran have the opportunity to come into coverage of the sports medical insurance; and this insurance is obligatory for all the clubs and teams.

They come into coverage of this insurance by a little price annually; and in the case of injury, some or all of their expenses for treatment will be paid.

Supervising Provinces:
*   Visiting the 28(all) provinces activities
*   Planning multicentral activities
*   Far away corresponded education
*   Designing general medical examination forms
*   Designing specialized medical examination forms
*   Designing medical permission for participation cards
*   Managing medical insurance for athletes in the provinces
*   In the case of injury, referral of the casualties to the hospitals in appointment and paying the
     expenses of their treatment
*   Yearly seminar of “Heads of Women Sports Medicine Boards” of the provinces
*   Designing 3-month reporting forms

	*   A series of Sports Medicine Courses for elected     coaches of various provinces: -   Booshehr -   Yazd -   Sistan&Balouchestan -   Isfahan -   Orumiah -   Ghom -   Hamedan -   Fars -   Kerman

*   Two courses of Sports Medicine for physicians
*   A course of team physician education
*   5 courses of Sports Medicine for nurses
*   3 congresses of Sports medicine, the 3rd was international
*   A forum on Sports & Diseases (hemophilia, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, thalassemia, cancer)
*   A clinic on Anti-Doping education for heads of provinces boards and coaches of national female
    teams

Researches: *   Incidence of sports injuries and their type in the 2nd Islamic     Countries Women Sports Games     (Presented in Seoul’s 5th  AFSMC) *   Anxiety level in Iranian participants of the 2nd Islamic     Countries Women Sports Games     (Presented in Seoul’s 5th  AFSMC)     (Presented in the 7th IOC Olympic World congress) *   Cervical radiculopathy and cranial nerve injury in Iranian      wrestlers        (Presented in Assisi’s Rehabilitation and biomechanics       congress)       (Presented in Budapest’s Sports medicine Congress) *   Frequency of electrocardiographic changes in elite female     athletes     (Presented in Hasselt’s Sports medicine Congress)     (Presented in the 7th IOC Olympic World congress) *   Evaluation of health status in participants of the camps for      selecting female national teams     (Presented in Hasselt’s Sports medicine Congress)     (Presented in the 7th IOC Olympic World congress) *   Prevalence of anemia in Iranian participants of the camps for      selecting female national teams     (Presented in Hasselt’s Sports medicine Congress)     (Presented in the 7th IOC Olympic World congress)

Publication: *   Sports Medicine Quarterly Journal (28 issues) *   Book: -   Exercise for life and its role in prevention and treatment of diseases      Leaflets: -   Sports medicine for the elderly -   Doping -   Allowed and banned drugs in sports -   Personal hygiene for athletes -   Acquaintance with injuries in swimming and their rehabilitation -   Common injuries in football and their management -   Injuries in track & fields and their management -   Sports injuries and rehabilitation in basketball -   Nutrition and practical recommendations for injuries in athletes and      their management in gymnastics -   Common injuries in overhead sports -   Prevention of sports injuries -   First aid for musculoskeletal injuries in sports -   Sports and skin diseases -   Sports and central nervous system injuries -   Sports and respiratory system -   Running in the water for rehabilitation of the athletes -   Special issues of female athletes and sports epidemiology and      prevention of injuries -   Benefits and risks associated with exercise -   Exercise prescription for cardiac, pulmonary and other clinical     conditions -   Exercise testing and prescription for children, the elderly, and      pregnant women -    Women sports medicine

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