Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - The Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Podcast

A conversation with American Medical Society of Sports Medicine guests Drs. Cindy Chang and Matthew Gammons. This podcast explores the concussion incidents occurring in 2014 FIFA World Cup.

A conversation with William P. Meehan III, the lead author of new, original research on Chiari malformations in athletes. This evidence-based study found no catastrophic injuries in a large sample of athletes with the malformation; the results may change how clinicians manage such athletes.

An interview with Dr. James Carson, one of the authors of a Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) position statement published in the May 2014 CJSM.

An interview with Drs. Neil Craton and Oliver Leslie, authors of the March 2014 CJSM lead editorial and critique of the current consensus guidelines for concussion in sport.

Our guest is Aynsley Smith, RN, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic. She is the lead author of the General Review, “Concussion in Ice Hockey: Current Gaps and Future Directions in an Objective Diagnosis.”

Our guest is Dr. Irfan Asif, a member of the AMSSM Board of Directors and lead author of the organization’s statement, “The Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Standards of Excellence”

Our guest is Dr. Nicholas Mohtadi, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Calgary, past president of CASEM, and CJSM editorial board member, who developed the ACL QOL 30 years ago. He gives insight into this instrument in particular and patient outcome measures in general.

Our guest is Dr. Mike Loosemore, doctor to the British boxing team and lead author of a new CJSM study on the efficacy and side-effects of head guard use in Olympic-style boxing.

Our guest is James Onate, Associate Professor of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, at the Ohio State University. He discusses what evidence exists for the use of the PPE as a lower extremity injury prevention screen for high school athletes.

Our guest is Dr. Jonathan Drezner, Former President of the AMSSM and lead author of the new AMSSM position statement on cardiovascular preparticipation screening. We focus primarily on the pros and cons of considering the use of ECG for screening to prevent Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrest in young athletes.

Our guest is Dr. Lyle Micheli, Orthopaedic Surgeon at Boston Children’s Hospital and Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School. He is the corresponding author of a new CJSM study, “Return to Sport after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature Athlete.” He discusses this study and how the prevention and treatment of ACL injuries has changed over the decades of his career.

Our guest is Dr. John O’Kane, head team physician of the University of Washington and lead author of a new study on female youth soccer injuries which looks at the effect of playing surface on injury rates.

Our guest is Dr. Hamish Osborne, a member of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Medicine (ACSEP). Dr. Osborne is the lead author of the ACSEP Position Statement on the Place of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Therapies in Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Our guest is Dr. Tom Trojian Chief of Sports Medicine at Drexel University, Philadelphia, and member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM). Dr. Trojian is the lead author of the AMSSM Scientific Statement Concerning Viscosupplementation Injections for KneeOsteoarthritis: Importance for Individual Patient Outcomes

Our guest is Dr. Christopher Madden, former President of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) and member of AMSSM and the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS). Dr. Madden is one of the Editors of the September 2015 CJSM Wilderness Medicine Theme Issue, a collaboration between AMSSM and WMS.

Our guest is clinician and researcher Dr. Tamara Hew-Butler, an international expert on exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH) and the lead author of the 3rd International Consensus Statement on EAH, published in the July 2015 CJSM.

Our guest is researcher Dr. Alexander Donaldson, from the Australian Centre for Research into Injury and its Prevention (ACRISP). He is lead author of new, original research published on ‘FootyFirst.’

Our guest is physician Jon Patricios, President of the South African Sports Medicine Association and the 2015 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Travelling Fellow.

Our guest is Chris Nowisnki, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Sports Legacy Institute and co-author of a study on concussion reporting in the CJSM.

A conversation with American Medical Society of Sports Medicine (AMSSM) member Jonathan Finnoff, D.O., lead author of two AMSSM sports ultrasound position statements.

Today’s episode is a conversation with William Roberts, the lead author of a new consensus statement on the Preparticipation evaluation (PPE), jointly issued by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS). Dr. Roberts discusses how the PPE may be enhanced to provide more useful information and better clinical care.

We talk with the two principal authors of a newly published CJSM study: Ms. Kim Barber-Foss and Dr. Greg Myer. They share the results of this new, prospective study and their thoughts on the larger meaning of their results in the continued debate over tackling in American youth football.

Our guest is Alison Brooks M.D., M.P.H., the guest editor of the September 2019 special thematic issue on the pediatric and adolescent athlete.

Our guest is Tamara McLeod, PhD, ATC, lead author of a new study on youth concussions using the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network

Our guest is Krista Van Slingerland, co-founder of the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport (CCMHS) and lead author of a new publication in CJSM on mental health in competitive and high performance sport.

Our guest is Dr. Jane Thornton, a member of the Canadian Academy of Sport & Exercise Medicine (CASEM). She’ll be talking about the upcoming CASEM conference on “Medicine through movement: How physical activity is changing health care.’

Our guest is Kim Harmon, M.D. Dr. Harmon is head team physician of the University of Washington Huskies and past president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM). She discusses the recently published AMSSM position statement on concussion in sport.

Our guest is Esther Choo MD, MPH of Oregon Health & Science University. She discusses work she does into areas of gender bias and inequities in medicine, including a recently published and widely discussed commentary on these subjects.

Our guest is Professor Wayne Derman of Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Professor Derman is the Guest Editor of the special September 2018 issue of CJSM devoted to the management of pain in athletes.

Our guest is Dr. John Orchard, member of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians and contributing author on several papers in the recent CJSM Thematic Issue on pain management in athletes.

Our guest is Dion Diep, a medical student from McMaster University. Mr. Diep is one of a group of authors who have published a systematic review on marijuana and its effects on athletic performance, in the July 2018 CJSM.

Our guest is David Howell, PhD, of Children’s Hospital, Colorado. He discusses several new studies published in CJSM, all focused on the unique challenges of diagnosing and managing pediatric/adolescent sport-related concussions.

Our guest is Chris Nowinski, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. Researcher, activist, and social media force, Dr. Nowinski shares his thoughts on various concussion controversies occurring in the world of football/soccer: from World Cup, to school playing fields.

Our guest is Martin Schwellnus, MBBCh, MSc, MD, of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Professor Schwellnus discusses his new study finding that a history of chronic disease, medication use and running injuries predispose experienced runners to EAMC.

Our guest is Christina L. Master, M.D., pediatric sports medicine specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. She discusses her research on physical exam findings of vision and vestibular dysfunction which aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of pediatric sport-related concussion.

Our guest is J. Scott Delaney of McGill University, Montreal, who discusses his current research on concussions in the Canadian Football League (CFL)

Our guest is Emily Kroshus, Assistant Professor at the Univ. of Washington, who discusses her new paper in CJSM exploring health care disparities in the area of sports medicine.

Our guest is Douglas Terry, PhD, senior author of a new research publication demonstrating no association between high school football participation and later-life suicidality.

CJSM has published the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) position statement on the responsible use of regenerative medicine in sports medicine. Two AMSSM members and authors of the statement, Kenneth Mautner, MD of Emory University and Shane Shapiro, MD of the Mayo Clinic, Florida join us to discuss.

Our guest is Jessica Orchard, PhD, the lead author on a new study published in the September 2021 CJSM -- Cardiovascular Screening of Elite Athletes by Sporting Organizations in Australia: A Survey of Chief Medical Officers

Drs. Aurelia Nattiv and Michael Fredericson, the lead authors of Parts I and II of a new consensus statement, join us to talk about the Male Athlete Triad.

In this special podcast, Deputy Editor Jim MacDonald talks about the contributions to CJSM from authors around the globe and looks specifically at two studies – one from Israel, and the other from Ghana/Germany – in the May 2021 CJSM.

Our guest is Stephanie Kliethermes, PhD, lead author of a new consensus statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) on youth sport specialization.

Our guest is Neeraj Patel, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and attending surgeon at Lurie Children’s Hospital Chicago. He is part of the author team which produced a new study in the November 2020 CJSM investigating outcomes in pediatric ACL injuries.

The AMSSM conveyed a writing group to give guidance to clinicians conducting PPE’s during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Co-chair Alex Diamond, D.O. shares his thoughts on the new publication

Corresponding author William Meehan III, M.D., joins us for a discussion on his team’s new work in the November 2020 CJSM

First and corresponding author of a new practical management article, Mohammad Nadir Haider MD, discusses the “Brief Physical Examination for Sport-Related Concussion in the Outpatient Setting.”

We interview two special guests — Dr. Francis O’Connor, a retired Colonel in the US Army and Daniel Fosselman, a Captain the US Army Reserve

We interview Drs. Phathokuhle Zondi of South Africa and Drs. Jim Miller and Andy Peterson of the USA about their individual experiences and their nations’ experiences in the COVID era.

We interview Drs. Chris Hughes from the UK and Hamish Osborne from NZ about their individual experiences and their nations’ experiences in the COVID era.