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Sports Health

Sports Health

A Multidisciplinary Approach
Published in Association with American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
Published in Association with National Athletic Trainers' Association

eISSN: 19410921 | ISSN: 19417381 | Current volume: 16 | Current issue: 6 Frequency: Bi-monthly

Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach is an indispensable resource for all medical professionals involved in the training and care of the competitive or recreational athlete, including primary care physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, physical therapists, athletic trainers and other medical and health care professionals.

Published bimonthly, Sports Health is a collaborative publication from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), and the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT).

The journal publishes review articles, original research articles, case studies, images, short updates, legal briefs, editorials, and letters to the editor.

Topics include:

  • Sports Injury and Treatment
  • Care of the Athlete
  • Athlete Rehabilitation
  • Medical Issues in the Athlete
  • Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine
  • Case Studies in Sports Medicine
  • Images in Sports Medicine
  • Legal Issues
  • Pediatric Athletes
  • General Sports Trauma
  • Sports Psychology

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Submit your manuscript today at https://submit.sportshealthjournal.org/.

Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach takes its title from the desire to provide sports medicine clinicians the science and clinical data for a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment algorithm for sports medicine injuries and conditions in all age groups from pediatrics to geriatrics. Covering a broad range of sports medicine topics from all levels of training and competition, the Journal will publish clinical reviews, didactic features, and original research in a format that promotes an evidence-based multidisciplinary approach to sports medicine.

Editor-in-Chief
Edward M. Wojtys, MD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Executive Editor
Bruce Reider, MD Executive Editor, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA; Professor Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Associate Editor for Primary Care
Andrew M. Watson, MD, MS Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin Schoool of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
Associate Editor for Physical Therapy
George J. Davies, DPT, ATC, CSCS Professor of Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX; Sports Physical Therapist, Gundersen Health System, LaCrosse, WI; Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI
Associate Editor for Sports Science
Tim Gabbett, PhD Professor, Gabbett Performance Solutions, Brisbane, Adjunct Professor, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Associate Editor for Athletic Training
Riann Palmieri-Smith, PhD, ATC Assistant Professor in Athletic Training, Movement Science and Orthopaedics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Associate Editor for Imaging
Hollis G. Potter, MD Chief, Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
Associate Editor for Systematic Reviews and Social Media
Moin Khan, MD, MSc, FRCSC Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Board of Trustees
Stephen F. Brockmeier, MD University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Charles A. Bush-Joseph, MD Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lutul D. Farrow, MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Frank Winston Gwathmey Jr, MD University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Christopher Kaeding, MD Columbus, Ohio, USA
Mark D. Miller, MD University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Martha Meaney Murray, MD Children's Hospital of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bruce Reider, MD University of Chicago, AOSSM, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Beth Shubin Stein, MD Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA
Dean C. Taylor, MD Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Edward M. Wojtys, MD University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Editorial Staff
Christine Watt American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Editorial Board
Maximiliano Moreira Accame, MD Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Chad Asplund, MD, MPH, FAMSSM Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Gül Yasar Baltaci, PT, PhD, FACSM Coordinator of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Private Ankara Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
McKenzie Bane, PT, DPT, MS, ATC, SCS, CSCS MedStar Health, Timonium, MD, USA
David R. Bell, PhD, ATC, FNATA Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Sean T. Bryan, MD Sports Medicine Physician, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Willow Grove and Clinical Professor, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Cindy J. Chang, MD, FACSM Clinical Professor, Departments of Orthopedics and Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Team Physician, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
William G. Clancy Jr, MD Professor Emeritus, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Paula Debien, PhD Director, Rhythmic Gymnastics Science, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mahmut N. Doral, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Todd S. Ellenbecker, DPT, MS, SCS, OCS, CSCS Banner Sports Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Cristián A. Fontboté, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MEDS Sports Medicine Clinic, Santiago, Chile
Michael T. Freehill, MD, FAOA, FAAOS Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Javier Raya Gonzalez, PhD Department of Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Dustin Grooms, PhD, AT, CSCS Ohio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute and College of Health Sciences and Professions, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Thomas W. Hash, II, MD Radsource, Brentwood, TN, USA
Daniel C. Herman, MD, PhD, FACSM, FAAPMR Assistant Professor, Divisions of PM&R, Sports Medicine, and Research, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Mackenzie M. Herzog, PhD, MPH Sports Injury Epidemiologist, Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Associate Epidemiologist, QuintilesIMS, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Marc P. Hilgers, MD, PhD, FAAFP Director for Sports Medicine, Advocate Medical Group, Aurora, IL, USA
Yuri Hosokawa, PhD, ATC, FACSM Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Yinghui Hua, PhD, MD Shanghai, China
Tricia J. Hubbard-Turner, PhD, ATC Athletic Training Program Director, Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Cale Jacobs, PhD, ATC Director of Outcomes Research, Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Foxborough, MA, USA
Fredrik Johansson, PhD Associate Professor, Sophiahemmet University, Tennis Research and Performance Group, Stockholm, Sweden
Cynthia LaBella, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Medical director, Institute for Sports Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, IL, USA
Kah Weng Lai, MBBS, DAvMed, FRCSEd Visiting Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Bukit Merah, Singapore
James Linklater, MD Castlereagh Imaging, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
Robert B. Litchfield, MD, FRCSC Medical Director, Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Fábio Carlos Lucas de Oliveira, PT, PhD Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Scott A. Lynch, MD Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Tokifumi Majima, MD, PhD Professor and the Head, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital Nasushiobara, Japan
Terry R. Malone, PT, EdD, ATC Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Diego Mendez, PT Professor and Director of Sports Physiotherapy Specialty, Favaloro University; Clinician and Director at KINÉ Sports Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Frank R. Noyes, MD President and Medical Director, Cincinnati Sports Medicine Research and Education Foundation, Noyes Knee Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Dinshaw Pardiwala, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), FCPS Head, Centre for Sports Medicine, Director, Arthroscopy Service, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India
Carlos Prada, MD, MHSc Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Centre (HULC), Wester Ontario University
Claudia L. Reardon Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
Claire Reynolds, PT, DPT Memorial Hermann, Rocket Sports Medicine Institute, Houston, TX, USA
Mark F. Riederer, MD, FAAP University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Hayley J. Root, PhD, MPH, ATC Assistant Professor, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA
Tönu Saartok, MD, PhD Department of Orthopedics, Visby Hospital, Visby, Sweden
David Samra, MBBS (Hon), B App Sci (Physio) The Stadium Sports Medicine Clinic, Football Stadium Ground Floor, The Sheridan Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Peter H. Seidenberg, MD, FAAFP, FACSM, RMSK Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship; Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation and Family & Community Medicine, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Andrew J. Sheean, MD, FAAOS Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Sandra J. Shultz, PhD, ATC, FNATA, FACSM Professor and Co-Director of the Applied Neuromechanics Research Laboratory, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Matthew Smith, MD, MSc, FAOA Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
Chuck Thigpen, PhD, PT, ATC Vice President, Care Delivery, ATI Physical Therapy, Greenville, SC, USA
Marc Tompkins, MD Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Brett G. Toresdahl, MD Assistant Attending Physician, Primary Sports Medicine Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
Ian Y.Y. Tsou, FRCR Clinical Director and Consultant Radiologist, Radiologic Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore
Timothy L. Uhl, PhD, ATC, PT Director, Musculoskeletal Laboratory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Tamara C. Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA Professor and Director, Athletic Training Programs; Research Professor, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, A.T. Still University, Mesa, AZ, USA
Pierre Viviers, MD, FACSM Institute of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Stefano Zaffagnini Bologna, Italy
Jason Zaremski, MD, CAQSM, FACSM, FAAPMR Associate Professor of PM&R and Sports Medicine, Co-Medical Director Adolescent & High School Sports Medicine Outreach Program, University of Florida College of Medicine, UF Health, Gainesville, FL, USA
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