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 Award Winners |
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| 2021
Osteochondroplasty and Labral Repair for the Treatment of Young Adults With Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Randomized Controlled Trial Femoroacetabular Impingement Randomized Controlled Trial (FIRST) Investigators |
| 2020
A Prospective Analysis of Patients with Anterior Versus Posterior Shoulder Instability: A Matched Cohort Examination and Surgical Outcome Analysis of 200 Patients Andrew S. Bernhardson, MD, Colin P. Murphy, BA, Zachary S. Aman, BA, Robert F. LaPrade, MD, PhD, and Matthew T. Provencher, MD, CAPT, MC, USNR |
| 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 Marie Askenberger, MD, PhD, Eva Bengtsson Moström, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Ekström, MD, PhD, Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD, Anna Hellsten, RPT, Christina Mikkelsen, RPT, PhD, Per-Mats Janarv, MD, PhD |
| 2018 Double-Bundle Versus Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Study With 10-Year Results Sally Järvelä, MD, PhD, Tommi Kiekara, MD, PhD, Piia Suomalainen, MD, PhD, Timo Järvelä, MD, PhD |
| 2017 Changes in Knee Osteoarthritis, Symptoms, and Function After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 20-Year Prospective Follow-up Study May Arna Risberg PT, PhD, Britt Elin Oiestad PT, PhD, Ragnhild Gunderson MD, Arne Kristian Aune MD, PhD, Lars Engebretsen MD, PhD, Adam Culvenory PT, PhD, Inger Holm PT, PhD |
| 2016 Autograft Versus Allograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study With a Minimum 10-Year Follow-up Craig R. Bottoni, MD, 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 |
| 2015 Increased Risk of Osteoarthritis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 14-Year Follow-up Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial Björn Barenius, Sari Ponzer, Adel Shalabi, Robert Bujak, Louise Norlén, and Karl Ericksson |
| 2014 A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Double- and Single-Bundle Techniques for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Mattias Ahldén MD, PhD, Ninni Sernert RPT, PhD, Jón Karlsson MD, PhD, and Juri Kartus MD, PhD |
| 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 Mohsen Hussein MD, Carola F. van Eck MD, Andrej Cretnik MD, PhD, Dejan Dinevski PhD, Freddie H. Fu 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 Jan Harald Røtterud MD, Einar A. Siversten MD, PhD, Magnus Forssblad MD, PhD, Lars Engebresten MD, PhD, Asbjørn Arøen MD, PhD |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2008
Equivalent Clinical Results of Arthroscopic Single-Row and Double-Row Suture Anchor Repair for Rotator Cuff Tears: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 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 |
| 2006
Rehabilitation After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Comparison of Programs Administered over Two Different Time Intervals |
| 2005
Cell-Based Therapy for Meniscal Repair: A Large Animal Study |
| 2004
Risk Factors Associated with Non-Contact ACL Injury: A Prospective Four-Year Evaluation of 859 West Point Cadets |
| 2003
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 |
| 2002
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Randomized Study of Three Surgical Methods |
| 2001 Biomechanical Analysis of a Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Christopher D. Harner, MD, Marsie A. Janaushek, MD, Akihiro Kanamori, MD, Masayoshi Yagi, MD, Tracy M. Vogrin, MD, Savio L-Y Woo, PhD, DSc |
| 2000
The Natural History of Acute, Isolated, Nonoperatively Treated Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries |
| 1998
10-year prognosis of Isolated and combined Medial and Collateral Ligament ruptures. A matched comparison of 40 patients using clinical and radiographic evaluations. |