The Medical Committee of Italian Fencing Federation sets structure for medical assistance
The Medical Committee of Italian Fencing Federation sets the structure of providing medical assistance during 2011 Catania World Fencing Championships. The Committee called a meeting for this purpose today at Sports Palace of Federations in Rome, where all
the issues regarding medical facilities in the championships were discussed.
The Chairman of the Federal medical, Anthony Fiore, set the medical assistance structure in the meeting. As per structure, the doctor and the physiotherapists were assigned the role of 'ready aid' during the championships bouts. These doctors and the physiotherapists
would be coordinated by a manager. Stephen Vandini was set the manager for 2011 'ready aid' during 2011 Catania Championships. Physiotherapist will be referred in relation with each category of three weapons and all the other medical staff will follow the
Physiotherapist. It was set that the youth sector will be followed by Dr. Luca Gargiulo, while the open sector has proposed a team and they will have responsible physician, the scholar Emmanuel War.
The Chairman of the Federal medical, Anthony Fiore said, “We are engaged in the fight against doping, for which the Italian Fencing Federation has always distinguished itself for the incisiveness. We are also looking for information with the project that
will develop Federation’s Lab also in nutrition.”
The medical director of the Institute of medicine and sports science, Carlo Tranquilli, congratulated the Federal President of the Medical Commission for the organising such successful meeting before going into some issues related to sports medicine. Tranquilli
admired by saying that The Fencing Federation had an invariable medical feature that would satisfy the athletes during their bouts.
President of the Italian Fencing Federation, George Poor, was the present in the meeting as a distinguished guest. Poor said, "Which, mind you, are not only those of the achievement and success of the coin, but especially those of the human growth of the
athletes. IHO be followed by a staff physician who is not just the "first aid", represents an added value for each fencer. "
He also congratulated for such a nice federal structure which stressed the importance of the medical sector in the achievement of federal.
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