STOP Sports Injuries Award

About the Award

The STOP Sports Injuries Award recognizes outstanding research presented at the Annual Meeting related to youth sports injury prevention, treatment, or rehabilitation. The winner is selected by the STOP Sports Injuries Outreach Committee.

Award Recipients

Yasushi Takata, MD

2026

Impact of Youth Baseball Rule Changes on Elbow Screening for Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Humeral Capitellum during Annual Elbow Examinations.

Lauren H. Redler, MD

2025

Outcomes of Skeletally Immature Patients Undergoing Isolated Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction: Data from the JUPITER Cohort

Jeffrey Kay, MD, MSc, FRCSC

2024

Arthroscopic Bankart Repair for Anterior Glenohumeral Instability in Adolescent Athletes: Risk Factors for Subsequent Revision Stabilization

James A. Pruneski, MD

2023

Concomitant Meniscal and Ligamentous Injuries Associated with Pediatric and Adolescent ACL Tears: Data from the Boston Children’s Hospital ACL Registry

Julia Fink, DO

2022

Pitching Regimens and Prevalence of Injuries in Youth Fastpitch Softball Pitchers

Donghoon Lee, BS

2021

The Effect of Single Sport Specialization in Youth Sports: A Prospective Cohort Study

Ellen Shanley, PhD

2020

Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Injury Is Associated with Increased Risk of Concussion in High School Athletes

Trevor A. Lentz, PT, PhD, MPH

2019

Development of a Concise Lower Extremity Physical Performance Test Set for Return to Sport Decision-Making in Pediatric Populations

Mark V. Paterno PT, PhD, MBA, SCS, ATC

2018

Current Return to Sport Criteria after ACL Reconstruction Fail to Identify Increased Risk of Second ACL Injury in Young Athletes

Timothy McGuine, PhD, ATC

2017

The Effect of Sport Specialization on Lower Extremity Injury Rates in High School Athletes

Michael Clinton Meyers, PhD

2016

Incidence, Mechanisms and Severity of Game-Related High School Football Injuries Across Artificial Turf Systems of Various Infill Weight