Feature Channels: Sports Medicine

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New research finds white matter changes in the brains of athletes six months after a concussion. The study will be presented at the Sports Concussion Conference in Chicago, July 8-10, hosted by the American Academy of Neurology, the world’s leading authority on the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussion. The conference brings together leading experts in the field to present and discuss the latest scientific advances in diagnosing and treating sports-related concussion.

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Experts from the Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Available for Interviews

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Shoulder instability is most common in the young, athletic population, bringing a focus to how these injuries are best treated. Research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO, demonstrated that surgery after a first-time shoulder dislocation lowered the re-injury risks and need for follow-up surgery when compared to those who were initially treated non-operatively and experienced a repeat dislocation prior to surgery.

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Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers are high-impact due to player time lost and the resulting effect on teams and an athlete’s career, making treatment decisions an even greater challenge for physicians. Research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO, shows that the location of ligament tears within a pitcher’s elbow can be key to predicting the success of non-operative treatment for these injuries, and deciding whether surgery should be recommended.

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Graft size, sex and age have a significant effect on the odds of an ACL re-tear post reconstruction with a hamstring graft, say researchers presenting their work today at the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO.

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Passing of gavel at organization’s annual meeting in Boston, Mass.

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Grouping young tennis players according to their physical maturity rather than their chronological age could help us develop future tennis champions, says research by the University of Bath.

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Annunziato Amendola, MD renowned orthopaedic surgeon from Duke University will be installed as the 45th president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) on Saturday, July 9th, 2016, during the Society’s Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO.

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A consensus statement which includes a University of Exeter researcher says exercise boosts kids' and young people's brain power and academic prowess.

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Chicago area resident-athletes will have the opportunity to participate in a Decathlon at Lane Tech Stadium, Chicago, on August 6 and 7 to raise funds for pediatric cancer research at Rush. The Decathlon is a world-class athletic event for competitive amateur athletes from all professions testing speed, strength, endurance, agility, and coordination through a series of 10 challenges performed consecutively in one day.

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A first-of-its-kind survey has confirmed what some water polo players – especially goalies – have long suspected: Concussions seem to be prevalent in the sport.

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Vasculitis Foundation's "VF Team Brandon" supports Olympic hopeful's dream

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/PRNewswire/ -- Triathletes and runners now have a new weapon in their training and recovery arsenal, Montmorency Tart Cherry supplements. In a recently published clinical study in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, researchers from Texas A&M University® shed light on the benefits of the tasty superfruit on exercise recovery. Results revealed that short-term supplementation of Montmorency powdered tart cherries reduced immune and inflammatory stress, better maintained redox balance, and increased performance in aerobically trained individuals.

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Recognized at organization’s national meeting in Boston, Mass.

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Recognized at organization’s national meeting in Boston, Mass.

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Renowned sports medicine expert Joseph Herrera, DO, has been named System Chair for the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System, with his new role to begin on July 1, 2016.

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A new study found that the NFL, NBA and NHL teams traveling from west to east had a higher winning percentage compared to teams traveling in the opposite direction.

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