In the 1960s it looked at the medical ethics of the sport of boxing, due to the serious brain injuries, with doctors at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.
In 1969 the Royal College of Physicians had found that one in six boxers would later suffer long-term neurological damage (chronic traumatic encephalopathy).
It worked heavily with the detection of unethical substances that would possibly enhance performance, and sports injuries.
It is headquartered in Auckley on the B1396, east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, near the airport, and near The Hayfield School.
It was incorporated as a company in November 1985[1] when known as the British Association of Sport and Medicine (BASM).