Hughston Award
The Hughston Award is given annually for the most outstanding paper appearing in the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM) prior to the award. Jack C. Hughston, the founder of AJSM, is one of the pioneers in sports medicine. early on he recognized the need for immediate diagnosis and surgical correction of ligamentous injuries about the knee in order to achieve optimum results. He performed numerous cadaver and clinical studies to develop the concept of anatomical repair of injured structures in the knee and developed a classification system based upon his clinical observations and studies.
Dr. Hughston served as President of AOSSM from 1974-75, Editor of AJSM during 1972-1990, and Chairmane of AJSM from 1990-2001. He also received the Mr. Sports Medicine Award from AOSSM in 1976.
Dr. Hughston was instrumental in organizing other physicians throughout the country to form AOSSM. In the late 1970s he developed what became AJSM, which evolved into the pre-eminent journal for orthopaedic sports medicine in the world. For these two achievements alone he wil be forever recognized as one of those having a true dedication to the field of sports medicine.
Past Award Winners:
2004
Risk Factors Associated with Non-Contact ACL Injury: A Prospective Four-Year Evaluation of 859 West Point Cadets
COL John M. Uhorchak MD, COL Charles R. Scoville MPT, Glenn N Williams PT, SCS,
COL (ret) Robert A Arciero MD, LTC Patrick St. Pierre MD, LTC Dean C. Taylor MD
2005
Cell-Based Therapy for Meniscal Repair: A Large Animal Study
Giuseppe M. Peretti MD, Thomas J. Gill MD, Jian-Wei Xu MD, Mark A. Randolph MAS, Kenneth R. Morse MD, David J. Zaleske MD
2006
Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Comparison of Programs Administered over Two Different Time Intervals
Bruce D. Beynnon PhD, Benjamin S. Uh MD, Robert J. Johnson MD, Joseph A. Abate III MD, Claude E. Nichols III MD, Braden C. Fleming PhD, A. Robin Poole PhD, DSc, Haral Roos MD, PhD
2007
Operative and Nonoperative Treatments of Medial Collateral Ligament Rupture With Early Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Study
Jyrki Halinen MD, Jan Lindahl MD, Eero Hirvensalo MD, PhD, Seppo Santavirta MD, PhD
2008
Equivalent Clinical Results of Arthroscopic Single-Row and Double-Row Suture Anchor Repair for Rotator Cuff Tears: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Francesco Franceschi MD, Laura Ruzzini MD, Umile Giuseppe Longo MD, Francesca Maria Martina MD, Bruno Beomonte Zobel MD, Nicola Maffulli MD, PhD, Vincenzo Denaro MD
2009
Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Results in Better Structure Repair when Treating Symptomatic Cartilage Defects of the Knee in a Randomized Controlled Trial Versus Microfracture
Daniel B.F. Saris MD, PhD, Johan Vanlauwe MD, Jan Victor MD, Miroslav Haspl MD, PhD, Michael Bohnsack MD, Yves Fortems MD, Bruno Vandekerckhove MD, K. Frederik Almqvist MD, PhD, Toon Claes MD, Frank Handelberg MD, Koen Lagae MD, Jan Van Der Bauwhede MD, Hilde Vandenneucker MD, K. Gie Auw Yang MD, PhD, Mislav Jelic MD, PhD, Rene Verdonk MD, PhD, Nancy Veulemans Ir, Johan Bellemans MD, PhD, Frank P. Luyten MD, PhD
2010
Ligament Reconstruction: How the Loss of Normal Knee Motion Compounds other Factors Related to the Development of Osteoarthritis after Surgery
K. Donald Shelbourne MD, Tinker Gray MA
2011
Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Randomized, Controlled Study Comparing Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatments Using Validated Outcome Measures
Katrina Nilsson-Helander MD, Karin G. Silbernagel PhD, PT, ATC, Roland Thomee, Eva Faxen, Nicklas Olsson, Bengt I. Eriksson, Jon Karlsson MD, PhD