Sports Medicine

• Meeting News Coverage

• Study finds physeal-sparing method for ACL reconstruction of pediatric patients

• April 25, 2011
• SAN FRANCISCO — A combination of two techniques could spare the physis of skeletally-immature patients when drilling the femoral tunnel during anatomic...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Study finds glenoid faceplate fixation during Bankart repair fails to stabilize the shoulder

• April 15, 2011
• SAN FRANCISCO — Use of a “bumper” of capsulolabral tissue and glenoid faceplate fixation during Bankart repair do not aid in creating a more stable...More »

• Study highlights injury rate for children operating all-terrain vehicles

• April 5, 2011
• A review article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons notes that although 15% of all-terrain vehicle riders are...More »

• Large study shows durability of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair at 5 years

• April 4, 2011
• A large prospective study conducted by investigators from Hospital for Special Surgery shows that arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is effective and...More »

• Concussions in younger athletes on the rise

• August 31, 2010
• Research from Hasbro Children’s Hospital finds visits to emergency departments for concussions that occurred during organized team sports have...More »

• In the Journals

• High school football players hit hard by heat

• August 19, 2010
• Between 2005 and 2009, high school athletes lost more than 9,000 days of practice and competition per year to heat illness, with most heat-related...More »

• In the Journals

• MRSA common among student athletes

• July 7, 2010
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization was a widespread occurrence among collegiate athletes during peaks in their respective athletic...More »

• National poll on concussions finds low awareness, high concern among parents of young athletes

• June 18, 2010
• Only 8% of parents have “read or heard a lot” about the risks of repeat concussions in school sports, while 36% of parents knew nothing about the topic,...More »

• Concussion in athletes can affect mental and physical processes later in life

• January 30, 2009
• Researchers have found the first evidence that athletes who were concussed during their earlier sporting life show a decline in their mental and physical...More »

• Catastrophic head injury three times greater in high school vs. college football players

• July 5, 2007
• High school football players have a dramatically higher incidence of catastrophic head injuries compared to athletes who play at the college level,...More »

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