Sports Health
A Multidisciplinary ApproachOfficial Publication of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Published in Association with American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT)
Published in Association with American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
Published in Association with National Athletic Trainers' Association
eISSN:
19410921 | ISSN:
19417381
Frequency: Bi-monthly
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 |
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 | Gabbett Performance Solutions, Brisbane, 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
| Alissa J. Burge | Associate Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 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 |
AOSSM Publishing Advisory Board
| Stephen F. Brockmeier, MD | Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| Lutul D. Farrow, MD | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Frank Winston Gwathmey Jr, MD | Charlottesville, Virginia, USA |
| Eric McCarty, MD | University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
| Matthew T. Provencher, MD | The Steadman Clinic, Vail, Colorado, USA |
| Bruce Reider, MD | University of Chicago, AOSSM, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Kurt P. Spindler, MD | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Edward M. Wojtys, MD | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Rick Wright, MD | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
Editorial Staff
| Jeanine Robitaille | Editorial and Project Manager |
Editorial Board
| Maximiliano Moreira Accame, MD | Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Jeremy A. Alland, MD | Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA |
| 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 | Redwood City, California, USA |
| 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 | Penn State University, 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, FACSM, FAMSSM | University of Utah Health, Department of Orthopaedics, Salt Lake City, UT, 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 |
| Heidi Skolnik, MS, CDN, FACSM | Women Sport's Medicine Center, Hospital for Special Surgery; Performance Nutrition at Juilliard and School of American Ballet, New York, New York, 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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