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The Institute for Sports and Preventive Medicine at Saarland University practises serious sports medicine based on scientific findings. In addition to our research and teaching activities, we also provide clinical care to athletes and patients as part of the university outpatient clinic and the consultation hours for the Olympic training centre. This primarily concerns questions of fitness for sport and resilience as well as a wide range of problems that arise in connection with physical exertion. Both internal medicine and performance physiology (especially sports cardiology) as well as orthopaedic and traumatological care is provided. Sports medicine teaching takes place in the programmes of medicine (elective subject) and sports science (Bachelor and Master). Doctorates are possible in both subjects. Research is focussed more or less equally on competitive sport and health and leisure sport. In particular, we deal with prevention through sport, performance physiological issues, sports cardiology, regeneration research, sports injuries and particularly intensive football research. In the latter area, we are running an international PhD programme called ‘Science and Health in Football’ for years.