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Featured
Trial Without Error: Using 3D Planning for Shoulder Replacement
Three-dimensional planning software may improve outcomes for shoulder arthroplasty. A new technology allows surgeons to install the prosthetic joint with greater foresight and precision.
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Featured
Preserving the Chondrolabral Junction
New techniques for treating femoral acetabular impingement include contouring bone growths and stem cell treatment to promote post-arthroscopic healing.
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Systematic Review: Management and Prognosis of Acute Hamstring Injury in Athletes
Scott D. Martin, MD, and Nathan H. Varady, MD, MBA, conclude from a systematic review of the medical literature that acute proximal hamstring injuries should be managed surgically while muscle injuries typically improve with physical therapy.
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How COVID-19 Affects the Heart, Especially in Athletes
The Cardiovascular Performance Program at Massachusetts General Hospital is designed to care for athletes with cardiovascular disease or risk. Program Director Aaron Baggish, MD, explains how his team is investigating the effects of COVID-19 infection on heart muscles, particularly in athletes.
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Biomechanics Research Aims to Improve Sports Performance
For Senior Sports Medicine Scientist Donna Moxley Scarborough, PT, MS, PhD, studying the wide variety of movement patterns, or kinematic sequences, that baseball pitchers and other athletes use when throwing provides clues to improving athletic performance and reducing the risk of orthopedic injury.
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IUDs Not Linked to Hip Pain in Premenopausal Women
In a first-of-its-kind nationwide study, Nathan H. Varady, MD, MBA, Scott D. Martin, MD, and colleagues found no difference between users of intrauterine devices and users of other long-acting contraception in rates of hip pain or related outcomes.
Sports Medicine Contributors
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Jon Warner, MD
Co-Chief, Shoulder Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Outpatient Shoulder Arthroplasty Is Safe, Effective and Cheaper Than Inpatient Surgery -
Scott Martin, MD
Director, Joint Preservation Service, Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Systematic Review: Management and Prognosis of Acute Hamstring Injury in Athletes