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    **NEW** AMSSM Minority Research Grant Award: AMSSM is excited to announce a new research grant opportunity geared specifically for researchers identifying as underrepresented minorities. This research grant award will replace the previous Clinical Research Grant. This restructured grant builds on the efforts and priorities of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Presidential Task Force. More information will be released later this Fall with an anticipated due date of February 15, 2021.
    
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  - Christina Master, MD past recipient of the Young Investigator's Research Grant shares how receiving the AMSSM grant helped take her research efforts to new heights:
    
    "When I first started out in sports medicine practice and saw kids with concussion, it seemed like visual problems were really common and substantially affected their quality of life, but not much had been described in the literature. That investment led to an entire line of investigation of visual problems after concussion in children.
    
    AMSSM's initial investment in my research eventually led to work in fNIRS in concussion while performing a visual task which won the best research award at the 2017 AMSSM Annual Meeting and helped me obtain NIH R01 funding for my research that most recently resulted in a publication in JAMA Ophthalmology on the potential utility of pupillary light reflex metrics as a diagnostic for concussion. I will always be grateful that AMSSM was willing to take a risk on a young investigator at a critical juncture in my career.
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AMSSM PUBLICATIONS AND POSITION STATEMENTS

AMSSM Position Statements
Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement (2020) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here To view article in Sports Health Journal - Click Here To view article in Current Sports Medicine Reports - Click Here AMSSM Position Statement on Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance and Prevention (2020) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here Blood-Borne Pathogens in the Context of Sports Participation (2019) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here AMSSM Position Statement on Concussion in Sport (2019) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship: AMSSM Proposed Standards of Excellence (2017) To view article in CJSM - Click Here Cardiovascular Preparticipation Screening in Athletes: Current Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, Recommendations (2016) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here AMSSM Scientific Statement Concerning Viscosupplementation Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: Importance for Individual Patient Outcomes (2016) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Sports Medicine (2014) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here AMSSM Recommended Sports Ultrasound Curriculum for Sports Medicine Fellowships (2014) To view article in CJSM - Click Here To view article in BJSM - Click Here Overuse Injuries and Burnout in Youth Sports (2014) To view the infographic – Click Here To listen to the AMSSM Sports Medcast – Click Here Click here to view the article ADHD and the Athlete (2011) To view article in CJSM - Click Here Mononucleosis and Athletic Participation: An Evidence Based Subject Review (2008) To view article in CJSM - Click Here





AMSSM COVID-19 Statements
Interim Guidance on the Preparticipation Physical Exam for Athletes During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (2020) • Click here to view the PDF of the document. Cardiopulmonary Considerations for High School Student-Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: NFHS-AMSSM Guidance Statement (2020) To view article in Sports Health Journal - Click Here

Retired Position Statements
Concussion in Sport (2013 - Revised 2019 see above) To view CJSM article - Click Here To view BJSM article - Click Here
HIV and Other Blood-Borne Pathogens in Sports (1995 - Revised 2019 see above) To view CJSM article - Click Here


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Team Physician Consensus Statements
To View Archived Team Physician Consensus Statements View Past Statements Psychological Issues Related to Illness and Injury in Athletes and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2016) View Document Selected Issues in Injury and Illness Prevention and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2015) View Document Team Physician Consensus Statement (2013 Update) View Statement The Team Physician and the Return-to-Play Decision: A Consensus Statement (2012 Update) View Document Sideline Preparedness for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2012 Update) View Document Concussion (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2011) View Document Selected Issues for the Master Athlete and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement (2010) View Document To view archived Team Physician Consensus Statements – Click Here
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Other Sports Organizations Position and Consensus Statements
The Management of Medications by the Sports Medicine Team (2018) View Statement The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5): Background and Rationale (2017) To view article in BJSM – Click Here Adult Scat 5: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446453 Child Scat 5: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446452 Download the ACSM/DOD heat Conference Form View/Download Form The Management of Medications by the Sports Medicine Team (2018) View Document
The Management of Medications by the Sports Medicine Team (2018) – Click Here
The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5): Background and Rationale (2017) To view article in BJSM – Click Here Adult Scat 5: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446453 Child Scat 5: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446452
Download the ACSM/DOD heat Conference Form – Click Here
SCA Consensus Statement – Click Here
Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport Held in Zurich, November 2012 – Click Here
Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport Held in Zurich, November 2008 – Click Here

AMSSM Themed Issues of the British Journal of Sports Medicine

2017 – Key Issues in the Care of Young Athletes; Joel Brenner, MD and Neeru Jayanthi, MD — Volume 51, Issue 3 — Click Here
2016 – Mental Health in Athletes; Gene Hong, MD and Ashwin Rao, MD — Volume 50, Issue 3 — Click Here
2015 – Making the Call: Return to Play; Mederic Hall, MD and Ken Mautner, MD — Volume 49, Issue 3 — Click Here
2014 – Care of the Female Athlete; Elizabeth Joy, MD and Kelsey Logan, MD — Volume 48, Issue 4 — Click Here
2013 – Advancing Sports Medicine through Education and Research; David Berkoff, MD — Volume 47, Issue 1 — Click Here
2012 – The Heart of US Primary Care Sports and Exercise Medicine — Volume 46, Issue 5 — Click Here
2011 – Care of the Endurance Athlete; Chad Asplund, MD — Volume 45, Issue 14 — Click Here

AMSSM Letters/Statements/Policies

AMSSM Sports Ultrasound Curriculum – Click Here
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Miscellaneous Sports Publications

Asymptomatic Hip Groin Pathology Article – Click Here

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