JAT Podcasts

JATCast | Training Load, Injury Burden, and Team Success in Professional Rugby Union

Dr. Donovan summarizes the recent article by Stephen W. West, BSc, PhD and colleagues title "Training Load, Injury Burden, and Team Success in Professional Rugby Union: Risk Versus Reward". 
Article Link: https://bit.ly/2EjgS39

JATCast | Training Load and Recovery During a Pre-Olympic Season in Professional Rhythmic Gymnasts

Dr. Donovan summarizes the recent article by Paula Barreiros Debien, MSc and colleagues titled "Training Load and Recovery During a Pre-Olympic Season in Professional Rhythmic Gymnasts".
Article Link: https://bit.ly/2DqydWW

The AT Tapes | Telemedicine in Athletic Training

Dr. Lizzie Hibberd interviews Dr. Zachary Winkelmann about the role of telemedicine in athletic training during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Winkelmann also discusses his recent publication in the Journal of Athletic Training titled Telemedicine Experiences of Athletic Trainers and Orthopaedic Physicians for Patients With Musculoskeletal Conditions.
Dr. Winkelmann is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. He is interested in creating a patient-centered experience for athletic training and sports medicine services for all. His research interests include telemedicine and tactical athletes. Dr. Winkelmann teaches general medical and behavioral health concepts for the athletic training programs.

JATCast | Aspects of Technology That Influence Athletic Trainers Documentation Strategies

Dr. Donovan summarizes the article "Aspects of Technology That Influence Athletic Trainers' Current Patient Care Documentation Strategies in the Secondary School" by Dr. Sara Nottingham and colleagues.
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JAT Chat | Closed-Reduction of Joint Dislocations

Dr. Kara Radzak interviews Dr. Cynthia Wright and Dr. Barbara Brandon about Closed-Reduction Techniques for Glenohumeral-, Patellofemoral-, and Interphalangeal-Joint Dislocations.
Article Link: https://bit.ly/2CTEYjI
Dr. Cynthia Wright is the Athletic Training Program Director and an associate professor of health sciences at Whitworth University.  She received her BA in Athletic Training from Whitworth University, went on for a masters degree at Texas State University, and finished her PhD in Rehabilitation and Movement Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently completing an accredited residency program at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, CO during her sabbatical. Cynthia primarily teaches lower extremity evaluation and treatment, therapeutic modalities, biomechanics and evidence based practice courses in the MSAT program.  Her main area of research is the treatment of chronic ankle instability.
Dr. Barbara Brandon is a clinical associate professor with the University of Washington School of Medicine.  She graduated from a residency in family medicine and continued on to complete fellowships in sports medicine and faculty development.  Currently, she is finishing a fellowship in wilderness medicine and is employed by Chas Health working with the underserved. In 2019, she was honored with the Physician of the Year Award from the Washington State Athletic Trainers Association.

JATCast | Lower Limb Asymmetry After ACL Reconstruction in Adolescent Athletes

Dr. Donovan summarizes the article "Lower Limb Asymmetry After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Adolescent Athletes" by Dr. Gerwyn Hughes and colleagues.
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The AT Tapes | COVID-19 and Collegiate Athletic Training Services

Dr. Hibberd interviews an interdisciplinary team of research and clinicians who are working to characterize the effects of COVID-19 on delivery of athletic training healthcare services in the collegiate athletics environment as well as athletic trainers' perceptions of current safety protocols. This impressive research team includes:
Tom Abdenour (@TomAbdenour), Head Athletic Trainer, San Diego State University
Dr. Justin DiSanti (@JustinDiSanti), Post-doctoral Researcher, A.T. Still University
Dr. Christy Eason (@CM_Eason), Vice President for Sport Safety, Korey Stringer Institute
Dr. Eric Post, Assistant Professor, Indiana State University
Dr. Hayley Root (@_hjroot), Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University
 

JATCast | Hop Test Normative Data to Reduce Ambiguity in Return-to-Play Decisions

Dr. Donovan summarizes an article by Dr. Leif Madsen and colleagues titled "Using Normative Data and Unilateral Hopping Tests to Reduce Ambiguity in Return-to-Play Decisions." Dr. Leif Madsen is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
 
Article Link: https://bit.ly/3hDy6Gl

JATCast | Psychological Constructs Associated With Patient-Reported Outcomes After ACLR

Dr. Donovan summarizes a recent article by Dr. Julie Burland and colleagues titled "What Are Our Patients Really Telling Us? Psychological Constructs Associated With Patient-Reported Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction." Dr. Burland is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Spaulding National Running Center at Harvard Medical School and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
 
Article Link: https://bit.ly/2Ep2FBr

JAT Chat | Consensus on the Prehospital Care of Athletes With Suspected Cervical Spine Injury

Dr. Kara Radzak interviews Dr. Brianna Mills, Ron Courson, Dr. James Ellis, and Dr. Stanley Herring about their recent papers titled "Consensus Recommendations on the Prehospital Care of the Injured Athlete With a Suspected Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injury" and "Best Practices and Current Care Concepts in Prehospital Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete in American Tackle Football."
 
Dr. Brianna Mills is a Research Scientist at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Washington. Dr. Mills was responsible for leading the the consensus building process and served as the first authors of the consensus paper discussed in this video.
 
Ron Courson has served as Director of Sports Medicine with the University of Georgia Athletic Association since 1995. He previously served as Director of Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama from 1991-1995 and Director of Rehabilitation with Samford University from 1989-1991. Courson received his undergraduate degree in education/physical education from Samford University, performed two years of graduate work at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, and graduated with honors from the Medical College of Georgia with a degree in physical therapy. Courson is a national registered advanced emergency medical technician as well as a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
 
Stanley A. Herring, MD, is senior medical advisor and co-founder of The Sports Institute at UW Medicine, medical director of Sports, Spine and Orthopedic Health for UW Medicine, and co-medical director of the Sports Concussion Program, a partnership between UW Medicine and Seattle Children's.
 
Dr. James Ellis specializes in emergency medicine in Greenville, SC and has over 35 years of experience in the field of medicine. He graduated from Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans with his medical degree in 1985. He is affiliated with numerous hospitals in South Carolina and more, including Ghs Greenville Memorial Hospital.