Online Meetings

Keep Your Edge includes presentations on medical and legal concerns associated with hockey athletes in competitive and recreatinal settings.

The 20 lectures presented at the 2012 Annual AOSSM & AAOS Review Course for Subspecialty Certification in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine are included in this Online Meeting. The lectures were recorded during the 3-day intensive review course designed for orthopaedic surgeons preparing for the ABOS Subspecialty Certification in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. This Board Review course must be purchased separately and is not part of the Online Meetings subscription.

This online version of the AOSSM 2012 Annual Meeting is designed to identify areas of recent research in the field of orthopaedic sports medicine relevant to practicing physicians, surgeons, and allied health professionals. Bonus presentations include three instructional courses: Controversy in Primary ACL Reconstruction; Rotator Cuff Controversies; Failed Shoulder Surgery, Practical Solutions to Complex Problems.

The Maturing Athlete Research Workshop focuses on breakthroughs in understanding and treating the effects of aging in active patients. By the end of this online workshop, you will be able to describe the biological processes associated with normative aging in different tissues and describe the empirically-supported interventions for common problems in aging athletes. Applying strategies for managing rehabilitation after arthroplasty in active adults will also be discussed. Finally, you'll be able to identify gaps in the current scientific understanding of aging and treatment options.

Hollis G. Potter, MD presents the research applicatins of Quantitative MR Analysis of Articular and Fibrocartilage. Jason Dragoo, MD discusses the Use of Adult Stem Cells in Clinical Practice and asks, What is Available and Where Do We Go from Here?

Learn to evaluate the optimal use of diverse techniques for six knee procedures when you view these online live surgical demonstrations. After viewing the procedures, you'll be able to formulate surgical protocols and integrate strategies designed to avoid potential complications.

Specialty Day 2012 features presentations on the sports shoulder, shoulder instability, elbow, hip, primary ACL, meniscus/articular cartilage, and the rotator cuff. The combined session with POSNA includes the management of upper extremity issues in adolescents, management of osteochondritis dessecans, and management of ACL injuires. Jesse DeLee MD delivers the 2012 Kennedy Lecture.

This online version of the AOSSM 2011 Annual Meeting is designed to identify areas of recent research in the field of orthopaedic sports medicine relevant to practicing physicians, surgeons, and allied health professionals.

Steven P Arnoczky DVM examines the use of biologics to enhance connective tissue repair in: "The Ability of Biologics to Imrpove Orthopaedic Outdomes? Reading Between the Lines of Publsihed Papers." James J Irrgagng PhD, PT, ATC discusses the outcomes measures review process and the criteria used for evaluating the instruments in: "AOSSM Outcome Measures Consensus Task Force: Recommendations for the Use of Knee Outcomes Instruments in Reporting Sports Medicine Research."

The Clinical Outcomes Research Workshop focuses in identifying basic and cutting-edge clinical research principles and methods. You also learn how to implement evidence-based medicine processes in clinical practice. Selecting clinical outcome measures that are most appropriate for a clinical or research population is also addressed. Learn to apply strateiges to set up your practice to participate in clinical research trials. By the end of this online workshop, you will be able to describe the appropriate uses of different study designs in clinical research. You will also be able to articulate the effects of study design on the conclusion that can be drawn.

Learn to evaluate the optimal use of diverse techniques for six upper extremity procedures when you view these online live surgical demonstrations. After viewing the procedures, you'll be able to formulate surgical protocols and integrate strategies designed to avoid potential complications.

The 17 lectures presented at the 2011 Annual AOSSM & AAOS Review Course for Subspecialty Certification in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine are included in this Online Meeting. The lectures were recorded during the 3-day intensive review course designed for orthopaedic surgeons preparing for the ABOS Subspecialty Certification in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. This Board Review course must be purchased separately and is not part of the Online Meetings subscription.

Specialty Day 2011 in San Diego, California included the Kennedy Lecture delivered by John J Callaghan, MD. Symposia topics were tendinopathy and ACL reconstruction in the skeletally immature athlete. Scientific sessions focused on the team physician and the STOP sports injuries campaign, hip, knee (adult and pediatric), articular cartilage, osteoarthritis, shoulder (rotator cuff and labrum and capsule), elbow, pain management, and fractures.