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American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
$85,000 in Research Grants Available From AMSSM Foundation
The AMSSM Foundation, in conjunction with the AMSSM Research Committee, is pleased to offer the AMSSM Foundation Research Grant Award program for a 10th year, including grants for AMSSM Young Investigator Research and AMSSM-ACSM Clinical Research.
AMSSM Young Investigator’s Research Grant Awards ($15,000/year)—DEADLINE October 3, 2018—Current AMSSM fellows and residents are eligible to apply. Grants will have a maximum of $5000 per award.
AMSSM Research Grant Awards ($50,000/year)—DEADLINE November 7, 2018—To be eligible, the primary investigator must be an AMSSM member.
AMSSM-ACSM Clinical Research Grant Award ($20,000/year: $10,000 from AMSSM and $10,000 from ACSM)—DEADLINE February 11, 2019—The maximum grant is $20,000, which will be awarded to a single research proposal for the initial maximum time period of a 2-year grant cycle.
Application materials can be accessed at https://www.amssm.org. Not an AMSSM member but a sports physician and interested in joining/applying for grants? See https://www.amssm.org/Membership.html.
Abstracts Now Being Accepted for 2019 Annual Meeting in Houston
2019 Case Deadline—11
2019 Research Deadline—11
Abstracts for the 2019 AMSSM Annual Meeting (April 12-17 in Houston, TX) are now being accepted. Each AMSSM member will be allowed to submit 1 case abstract for the Annual Meeting (multiple research abstract submissions are still allowed). The primary author is required to be an AMSSM member at time of submission; student members can submit an abstract but must have a senior author listed that is a member. The primary author submitting the abstract must also be the presenter. Presenter substitutions will only be allowed for significant changes in life circumstance and will require the written approval of the Education/Research Committee Chair(s). Prospective members interested in presenting/submitting an abstract must join AMSSM prior to the abstract submission deadlines rather than waiting until the abstract is accepted. If they apply now, their membership will run through 2019. Please encourage those interested to apply for membership.
To submit, log in to the AMSSM website and access the Abstract Submission link under Education. Not an AMSSM member but a sports physician and interested in joining/presenting? See https://www.amssm.org/Membership.html. Questions can be directed to Michele Lane at
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
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March 16, 2019
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National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA)
Prominent Awards From the NATA 2018 Convention
The following individuals were all recently inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame: Kent Biggerstaff, LAT, ATC, who works as conditioning coordinator on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions and who spent 36 years as a professional baseball athletic trainer for the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Pittsburgh Pirates; Nancy Burke, MS, AT Ret., who began her career more than 4 decades ago as one of the first athletic trainers in the Fairfax County Public School System in Virginia and used her expertise to expand the profession to the public safety sector, beginning with the Fairfax County Police Department, where she retired in 2017; John Davis, MS, ATC, who has been the head athletic trainer at Montclair State University in New Jersey since 1984; Marty Matney, MBA, LAT, ATC, who established 2 rehabilitation clinics and spearheaded the expansion of an industrial athlete program contracted to a major aerospace manufacturer in the Seattle area; Gary Reinholtz, AT Ret., serving as an athletic trainer for more than 30 years, he was the head athletic trainer at Gustavus Adolphus College, until his retirement as professor emeritus in 2005; René Revis Shingles, PhD, AT, ATC, a professor at Central Michigan University for decades who is considered a national expert on diversity and inclusion in the profession, and is the first African American woman to be inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame; and Jim Thornton, MA, LAT, ATC, head athletic trainer at Clarion University for nearly 30 years and past president of NATA.
Also during the annual convention, NATA honored renowned orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist James R. Andrews, MD, with the President’s Award. He was selected by outgoing NATA president Scott Sailor, EdD, ATC, for unwavering leadership and support of the athletic training profession. Andrews has been a strong supporter of athletic trainers since his early days in medicine and is a firm believer in the value an athletic trainer adds to health care.
Sports Physical Therapy Section (SPTS)
NSCA Taps Lorenz for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist of the Year
The SPTS is proud to announce that the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) has named Daniel S. Lorenz, DPT, PT, ATC/L, CSCS, the 2018 Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist of the Year. Dan Lorenz, DPT, PT, LAT, CSCS, is a well-recognized and respected clinician, educator, and author in sports and orthopaedic physical therapy. Dan Lorenz is Kansas City’s only sports medicine fellowship–trained physical therapist. Dr Lorenz’s professional interests include sports injuries of the knee and shoulder and performance enhancement in the terminal phases of rehabilitation. He is also keenly interested in the biomechanics of injury and in discovering the root cause of his patient’s condition. Dan is a long-time member of the SPTS.
In addition to being a licensed physical therapist and licensed athletic trainer, he is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as well as a USA Weightlifting Level I Sports Performance Coach.
SPTS Member Mark Paterno Earns the STOP Sports Injury Award at AOSSM National Meeting
Returning to sport after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and not suffering a second injury is often difficult, but for a kid who suffers an ACL injury, figuring out how to prevent reinjury is even more tricky, say researchers who presented at the AOSSM’s Annual Meeting in San Diego. This research study also received the STOP Sports Injuries Award during the meeting.
The incidence of a second ACL injury after having it repaired ranges from 25% to 33% in young, active individuals, with the greatest risk being in the first year after treatment. Recent research has highlighted that standard return-to-play criteria may help identify athletes at an increased risk of injury. This study looked at whether the criteria normally applied to young athletes being able to return to play are accurate and whether they lead to any decreased risk of reinjury.
Paterno and his team evaluated 159 individuals ranging in age from 13 to 25 years. The participants all underwent a primary unilateral ACL reconstruction, performed rehabilitation, and were released to continue to play pivoting/cutting sports. At the time the patients returned to sports, only 26% of individuals met the standard return-to-play criteria at a >90 criterion level, which is considered “passing.” They were tracked for reoccurrence of a second ACL injury for 24 months. Within this 2-year time frame, 35 patients suffered a second ACL injury; 26 of the 35 occurred within the first 12 months after injury. Interestingly, there was no difference in second injury rates when comparing those who met all current return-to-sport criteria and those who failed to meet all criteria, suggesting the current criteria are not identifying young athletes at high risk for future injury.
“Our results further highlight that there may be gaps in function, strength, movement quality, and psychological factors that relate to how frequently an adolescent reinjures their ACL. We hope that our work along with many others, will help to better identify the relationship between these diverse factors as a better measure of readiness to safely return to sport,” said lead researcher Mark Paterno, PhD, PT.