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American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT)
The AASPT honored members at its 2020 awards ceremony, held Friday, February 14, at the Hyatt Regency Denver.
Joe Black, PT, DPT, ATC, was presented with the Ronald G. Peyton Award, AASPT’s highest award. Inducted into the Turner A. Blackburn Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame were Teresa Schuemann, PT, DPT, ATC, RISPT; Ed Mulligan, PT, DPT, ATC; and Mark Reinking, PT, MPT, ATC, PhD. Other honorees included Kerry Mullenix, PT, ATC, The Lynn Wallace Clinical Education and Professional Development Award; Shefali Christopher, DPT, PhD, Excellence in Education; Jarrod Harrall, DO, The Jack C. Hughston Sports Physician Award; Julia Rapicavoli, PT, DPT, ATC, New Horizon Award; Lindsey Wade, PT, DPT, ATC, Student of the Year; and Marisa Pontillo, PT, DPT, PhD, Shoulder SIG Chair, Special Interest Group of the Year.
Also presented was The Legacy Fund New Investigator Research Grant Awards for “Maladaptive Psychosocial Beliefs and Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain” to Mitchell Selhorst, DPT, Laura Schmitt, PT, PhD, Jessica Hoehn, PhD, and Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez, DPT, PhD. The AASPT Excellence in Research Award was presented for “Prospective Validation and Responsiveness of the University of Wisconsin Running Injury and Recovery Index” to Evan Nelson, DPT, PhD, Stephanie Kliethermes, PhD, and Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD, FAPTA.
The evening awards were completed with the publication awards. The JOSPT George J. Davies—James A. Gould Excellence in Clinical Inquiry Award was presented for “The Potential Role of the Cervical Spine in Sports-Related Concussion: Clinical Perspectives and Considerations for Risk Reduction” to Michael Streifer, Allison M. Brown, Tara Porfido, Ellen Zambo Anderson, Jennifer Buckman, and Carrie Esopenko. The JOSPT Guy G. Simoneau Excellence in Research Award was given for “Immediate and Short-term Effects of Thoracic Spine Manipulation in Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial” to Ian A. Young, Federico Pozzi, James Dunning, Richard Linkonis, and Lori A. Michener. The IJSPT Original Research Award was given to Terry L. Grindstaff et al for “Validity of Hand-Held Dynamometry in Measuring Quadriceps Strength and Rate of Torque Development.” The IJSPT Case Study Award went to Zaki Afzal et al for “Return to Advanced Strength Training and Weightlifting in an Athlete Post-Lumbar Discectomy Utilizing Pain Neuroscience Education and Proper Progression: Resident’s Case Report.”
A complete list of award winners may be found on the AASPT website (www.aaspt.org).
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
Explore “A World of Collaboration in Sports Medicine” at the 2020 AMSSM Annual Meeting
AMSSM’s 2020 Program Planning Committee proudly invites you to join us at our 29th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, April 24-29, 2020.
Atlanta will provide an exciting and entertaining venue to engage AMSSM members as well as invited national and international experts in the fields of musculoskeletal and sports medicine.
Collaboration and communication are traits and hallmarks that facilitate excellent care of patients and athletes. With these concepts in mind, we present our theme for 2020, “A World of Collaboration in Sports Medicine.” This theme reinforces how important it is to engage all team members from all backgrounds to provide extraordinary care for our patients and athletes. Our program will offer learning opportunities for our entire membership from private practice to academic clinicians to researchers, from trainees to seasoned AMSSM experts.
Some of the many highlights of the 2020 meeting include
Presidential Keynote, Margo Mountjoy, MD, PhD, CCFP(SEM), FCFP, DipSportMed, will present on “International Sports Medicine—Societal, Medical, and Sport Cultural Challenges”
Cindy J. Chang, MD, FAMSSM, will give our Hough Memorial Lecture on “What It Really Takes to Be a Team Physician” during a special leadership session led by Francis G. O’Connor, MD, MPH, FAMSSM
Hot topic sessions on workload and performance, global perspectives on exercise, athletic medicine, and collaborative efforts to improve the care of the female athlete from national and international experts in multiple disciplines
Update from the AMSSM Presidential Task Force on prevention and treatment of sexual violence in sport
International research abstracts designed to provide AMSSM members and international members exposure to research from around the world
Team physician round-robin session focused on pearls for being a team physician in 24 specific sports
The 2nd Annual Regenerative Medicine Preconference Symposium with national and international thought-leaders in regenerative medicine
A practice and policy session that will include presentations on billing for telemedicine and fraud and abuse concerns in financial relationships in sports medicine
With such a diverse program including a variety of educational, research, and policy offerings, not to mention the social programming, you have the premier sports medicine conference in 2020! This is a meeting that you absolutely cannot afford to miss. We would be thrilled and honored if you would join us in Atlanta!
To view the complete program and register for the Annual Meeting, visit amssm.org.
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
Orthobiologics in the Real World
April 17-18, 2020
OLC Education & Conference Center, Rosemont, IL
The aim of this continuing medical education course is to provide sports medicine professionals from surgeons to physician extenders to primary care specialists the information and resources on how to properly use currently available biologics for treating musculoskeletal disorders. Through didactic lectures, case discussions, live and video demonstrations, and hands-on practice with cadavers, the course will provide attendees with clinical decision-making skills, an overview of available technologies and regulations, along with the best and most up-to-date evidence and methods to implement orthobiologics into your practice.
Register Today! tinyurl.com/SportsMedOrtho
The Athlete’s Hip: New Trends, Controversies, and Contemporary Surgical Management
May 29-30, 2020
OLC Education & Conference Center, Rosemont, IL
The aim of the course is to provide a greater understanding of normal and pathological states of the athlete’s hip. The course will provide a complete overview of the evaluation, nonsurgical treatment, and surgical correction of the athlete’s hip in all compartments: central, peripheral, peritrochanteric, and posterior. Integration of clinical expertise from outstanding local and national faculty with the best-available clinical evidence into the decision-making process for patient care will be presented to address clinical challenges relevant to everyday practice. The psychomotor skills portion of the course will provide attendees a clear rationale and practical treatment algorithms to address both simple and complex hip pathologies.
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National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA)
Celebrate National Athletic Training Month!
Held each March, National Athletic Training Month shines a light on the athletic training profession to help spread awareness about the important work athletic trainers (ATs) do. NATA offers a variety of resources to help ATs and their community celebrate the athletic training profession. This includes the official NATM logo, the NATM poster, news releases, proclamations, and public service announcements to share. Learn more at www.nata.org/advocacy/public-relations/national-athletic-training-month.
Visit the NATA 2020 Website
The website is now up for the 71st NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo June 17-20 in Atlanta. The NATA convention is the largest gathering of ATs in the world. Every year, thousands of ATs attend the NATA convention to learn, celebrate, and connect with other ATs as well as see the newest sports medicine products and services. While the convention offers professional development on a variety of topics, 4 themes have been selected for NATA 2020: training load, biometrics/analytics, motor learning/motor behavior, and heat. Visit convention.nata.org to see housing options, convention updates, and the NATA 2020 preliminary program.
See the Latest From the Health Care in Action Campaign
After the success of NATA’s 2019 Own Your Impact campaign, the association is continuing the conversation in 2020 with the Health Care in Action campaign. Throughout this year-long campaign, NATA will provide resources to members that help them tell their stories as health care providers and advocates. This includes the “20 Things to Do in 2020” list, which consists of action items all ATs can complete to advocate for themselves and the profession. The goal is to continue to emphasize the important role ATs play in health care and wellness in work, life, and sport. Learn more at www.nata.org/advocacy/health-care-in-action and by reading NATA News and the NATA Now blog throughout the year.