AJSM Hughston Award

About the 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 Chairman 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 will be forever recognized as one who had a true dedication to the field of sports medicine.

Past Recipients

Luciano Andres Rossi, MD, PhD

2024

A 2-Year Follow-up May Not be Enough to Accurately Evaluate Recurrences After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair: A Long-term Assessment of 272 Patients With a Mean Follow-up of 10.5 Years

Additional Authors: Ignacio Pasqualini, MD, Iván Huespe, MD, Rodrigo Brandariz, MD, Cecilia Fieiras, MD, Ignacio Tanoira, MD, PhD, Maximiliano Ranalletta, MD, PhD

STABILITY Study Group

2023

Predictors of Graft Failure in Young Active Patients Undergoing Hamstring Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With or Without a Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis

Authors: Andrew D. Firth, MSc, Dianne M. Bryant, MSc, PhD, Robert Litchfield, MD, Robert G. McCormack, MD, Mark Heard, MD, Peter B. MacDonald, MD, Tim Spalding, FRCS, Peter C.M. Verdonk, MD, PhD, Devin Peterson, MD, Davide Bardana, MD, Alex Rezansoff, MD, STABILITY Study Group, and Alan Getgood, MD

Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomized Controlled Trial (FIRST) Investigators

2022

Osteochondroplasty and Labral Repair for the Treatment of Young Adults With Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Marie Castoldi, MD

2021

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Bone–Patellar Tendon–Bone Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With and Without Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis

Additional Authors: Robert A. Magnussen, MD, MPH, Stanislas Gunst, MD, Cecile Batailler, MD, Philippe Neyret, MD, PhD, Sebastien Lustig, MD, PhD, and Elvire Servien, MD, PhD

Andrew S. Bernhardson, MD

2020

A Prospective Analysis of Patients With Anterior Versus Posterior Shoulder Instability: A Matched Cohort Examination and Surgical Outcome Analysis of 200 Patients

Additional Authors: Colin P. Murphy, BA, Zachary S. Aman, BA, Robert F. LaPrade, MD, PhD, and Matthew T. Provencher, MD, CAPT, MC, USNR

Marie Askenberger, MD, PhD

2019

Operative Repair of Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Injury Versus Knee Brace in Children With an Acute First-Time Traumatic Patellar Dislocation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Additional Authors: Eva Bengtsson Mostrom, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Ekstrom, MD, PhD, Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD, Anna Hellsten, RPT, Christina Mikkelsen, RPT, PhD, and Per-Mats Janarv, MD, PhD

Sally Järvelä, MD, PhD

2018

Double-Bundle Versus Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Study With 10-Year Results

Additional Authors: Tommi Kiekara, MD, PhD, Piia Suomalainen, MD, PhD, Timo Järvelä, MD, PhD

May Arna Risberg, PT, PhD

2017

Changes in Knee Osteoarthritis, Symptoms, and Function After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 20-Year Prospective Follow-up Study

Additional Authors: Britt Elin Oiestad, PT, PhD, Ragnhild Gunderson, MD, Arne Kristian Aune, MD, PhD, Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD, Adam Culvenor, PT, PhD, Inger Holm, PT, PhD

Craig R. Bottoni, MD

2016

Autograft Versus Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study With a Minimum 10-Year Follow-up

Additional Authors: Eric L. Smith, MD, CPT, James Shaha, MD, Steven S. Shaha, PhD, Sarah G. Raybin, BA, John M. Tokish, MD, CDR(Ret) Douglas J. Rowles, MD

Björn Barenius, MD, PhD

2015

Increased Risk of Osteoarthritis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 14-Year Follow-up Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Additional Authors: Sari Ponzer, MD, PhD, Adel Shalabi, MD, PhD, Robert Bujak, MD, PhD, Louise Norlén, MD, Karl Eriksson, MD, PhD

Mattias Ahldén, MD, PhD

2014

A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Double- and Single-Bundle Techniques for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Additional Authors: Ninni Sernert, RPT, PhD, Jón Karlsson, MD, PhD, Jüri Kartus, MD, PhD

Mohsen Hussein, MD

2013

Prospective Randomized Clinical Evaluation of Conventional Single-Bundle, Anatomic Single-Bundle, and Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: 281 Cases With 3- to 5-Year Follow-up

Additional Authors: Carola F. van Eck, MD, PhD, Andrej Cretnik, MD, PhD, Dejan Dinevski, PhD, Freddie H. Fu, MD, DSc, DPs

Jan Harald Røtterud, MD

2012

Effect of Gender and Sports on the Risk of Full-Thickness Articular Cartilage Lesions in Anterior Cruciate Ligament–Injured Knees: A Nationwide Cohort Study From Sweden and Norway of 15 783 Patients

Additional Authors: Einar A. Sivertsen, MD, PhD, Magnus Forssblad, MD, PhD, Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD, Asbjørn Årøen, MD, PhD

Katarina Nilsson-Helander, MD, PhD

2011

Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Randomized, Controlled Study Comparing Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatments Using Validated Outcome Measures

Additional Authors: Karin Grävare Silbernagel, PT, PhD, Roland Thomeé, PT, PhD, Eva Faxén, PT, Nicklas Olsson, MD, Bengt I. Eriksson, MD, PhD, Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD

K. Donald Shelbourne MD

2010

Minimum 10-Year Results After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: How the Loss of Normal Knee Motion Compounds Other Factors Related to the Development of Osteoarthritis After Surgery

Additional Authors: Tinker Gray, MA

Daniel B. F. Saris, MD, PhD

2009

Characterized Chondrocyte Implantation Results in Better Structural Repair When Treating Symptomatic Cartilage Defects of the Knee in a Randomized Controlled Trial versus Microfracture

Additional Authors: 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

Francesco Franceschi, MD

2008

Equivalent Clinical Results of Arthroscopic Single-Row and Double-Row Suture Anchor Repair for Rotator Cuff Tears: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Additional Authors: Laura Ruzzini, MD, Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD, Francesca Maria Martina, MD, Bruno Beomonte Zobel, MD, Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS, Vincenzo Denaro, MD

Jyrki Halinen, MD

2007

Operative and Nonoperative Treatments of Medial Collateral Ligament Rupture With Early Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Study

Additional Authors: Jan Lindahl, MD, Eero Hirvensalo, MD, PhD, Seppo Santavirta, MD, PhD

Bruce D. Beynnon, PhD

2006

Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Comparison of Programs Administered Over 2 Different Time Intervals

Additional Authors: Benjamin S. Uh, MD, Robert J. Johnson, MD, Joseph A. Abate, MD, Claude E. Nichols, MD, Braden C. Fleming, PhD, A. Robin Poole, PhD, DSc, Harald Roos, MD, PhD

Giuseppe M. Peretti

2005

Cell-Based Therapy for Meniscal Repair: A Large Animal Study

Additional Authors: Thomas J. Gill, Jian-Wei Xu, Mark A. Randolph, Kenneth R. Morse, David J. Zaleske

John M. Uhorchak, COL, MC

2004

Risk Factors Associated with Noncontact Injury of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Prospective Four-Year Evaluation of 859 West Point Cadets

Additional Authors: Charles R. Scoville, COL, PT, SP, Glenn N. Williams, PT, ATC, Robert A. Arciero, COL (Ret), MC, Patrick St. Pierre, COL, MC, Dean C. Taylor, COL, MC

Michael J. Stuart, MD

2003

Additional Authors: Aynsley M. Smith, RN, PhD, Susan A. Malo-Ortiguera, MA, Tracy L. Fischer, MEd, Dirk R. Larson, MS

A Comparison of Facial Protection and the Incidence of Head, Neck, and Facial Injuries in Junior A Hockey Players: A Function of Individual Playing Time

Allen F. Anderson, MD

2002

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Study of Three Surgical Methods

Additional Authors: Robert B. Snyder, MD, A. Brant Lipscomb, Jr., MD

Christopher D. Harner, MD

2001

Biomechanical Analysis of a Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Additional Authors: Marsie A. Janaushek, MS, Akihiro Kanamori, MD, Masayoshi Yagi, MD, Tracy M. Vogrin, MS, Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc

K. Donald Shelbourne, MD

2000

The Natural History of Acute, Isolated, Nonoperatively Treated Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: A Prospective Study

Additional Authors: Thorp J. Davis, MD, Dipak V. Patel, MD