CJSM Podcast 12: The Effect of Viscosupplementation in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

November 17, 2015 by

jsm-podcast-bg-1For our 12th podcast, we have invited Dr. Tom Trojian to talk with us about a new CJSM offering, just published ‘On Line First,” for which he is the lead author: “AMSSM Scientific Statement Concerning Viscosupplementation Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis:  Importance for Individual Patient Outcomes.”

Dr. Trojian is a member of our partner society, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), and is a professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, and the director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program there.

He is also a wonderful guest to have on  the podcast–I learned a great deal from him about not only viscosupplementation in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, but also the specific study design of a ‘network meta-analysis’ he and his co-authors used to evaluate the clinical importance of this intervention in our patients.

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is such a common condition–and is one which so many sports medicine clinicians treat as part of their practice–that we find ourselves publishing a great deal of research on the topic.  Just this month, in the November 2015 CJSM, we have three pieces of original research on managing knee OA: i) the relative effectiveness of hip vs. leg strengthening  in treating the problem; ii)  the effect of lower body positive pressure (LBPP)-supported low-load treadmill walking program on knee joint pain, function, and thigh muscle strength in overweight patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA);  and iii) a prospective study on the safety and efficacy of intrarticular platelet lysates in early and intermediate knee OA.

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Dr. Trojian, ‘in action’ on the podcast.

Check all those studies out.  And check out our newest podcast:  get out those headphones, tune up that iPhone, and listen to what Dr. Trojian has to say on the subject of viscosupplementation in the treatment of knee OA.

Thanks very much for the time you spent with us Tom!

 

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CJSM Podcast 11: The Wilderness Medicine Issue

September 9, 2015 by 1 Comment

JSM-Podcast-BG (1)We’ve been working on the September 2015 CJSM issue for a long time–and by ‘we’ I mean a team of individuals, ranging from the CJSM editors to authors and thematic issue editors from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) and the Wilderness Medical Society.

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Dr. Chris Madden in his ‘office.’

Our guest for this, our 11th podcast, is Dr. Christopher Madden, a past president of the AMSSM and one of this issue’s editors (and an author too).  Dr. Madden is a hard-working clinician at Longs Peak Family Medicine, and practices the full range of family and sports medicine.

In between circumcisions, vasectomies, concussions, and mountain bike rides, he was able to find that ‘sweet spot’ to sit and talk with us for a little bit about the newly published Wilderness Medicine thematic issue.

We covered an array of topics–from diagnosing acute mountain sickness in pre-verbal children to the top 3 most memorable parts of his year as AMSSM president.

We enjoyed the chat, and we hope you do too.  Check it out here.

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CJSM Podcast 10: Exercise-associated Hyponatremia, the 2015 Consensus Statement

June 29, 2015 by 2 Comments

jsm-podcast-bg-1#DrinkToThirst is the hashtag that needs to trend in the sports medicine world!

Exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH), a preventable and treatable but potentially life-threatening condition that can affect athletes under our care, is the topic of our tenth podcast.  And #DrinkToThirst is one of the chief themes to be found therein.

We’re proud to publish the 3rd international consensus statement on EAH in our July 2015 CJSM, and we’re delighted to have the lead author as our guest on the associated podcast.

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Dr. Hew-Butler and friend.

Dr Tamara Hew-Butler is an associate professor of Exercise Science at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. She obtained her: BS in Kinesiology at the University of California at Los Angeles, CA; Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA; Residency and Fellowship at the Harris County Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Houston, TX; and Philosophy Doctor (PhD) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Hew-Butler is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and specializes in both sports medicine and exercise physiology. Her expertise is in exercise-associated hyponatremia and the endocrine regulation of fluid balance during exercise. She trained under Timothy D. Noakes MD, DSc and Joseph G. Verbalis MD and has published ~50 papers on the topic.

Join us in the rousing conversation, and learn i) why athletes should #DrinkToThirst; ii) why sidelines should have hypertonic saline as well as AEDs and access to cold-water immersion therapies; iii) and so much more.

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CJSM Podcast #9: A Conversation with Australia’s Dr. Alexander Donaldson

June 4, 2015 by

jsm-podcast-bg-1FootyFirst:  that’s the subject of our newest podcast.

Australian Rules football (AKA ‘Footy’) is big sport Down Under:  by some measures it is the country’s most popular sport.  Footy is played on the professional level–the Australian Football League (AFL) season is fully under way.  It is also played by many on the community level, and the injury rate is apparently rather high.

The May 2015 CJSM has as one of its “Editor’s Picks” new research on injury prevention in community Footy, coming to us from the Australian Centre for Research Into Injury in Sport and Its Prevention (ACRISP).  Lead author Dr. Alexander Donaldson and the ACRISP team have been conducting on-going research into establishing an intervention to reduce lower limb injuries in the sport; the exercise program is known as “FootyFirst.”

I came away from this podcast having learned a lot from Dr. Donaldson:  about injury prevention, about FootyFirst, and about Footy.  For a guy who used to think of “Arena Football League” when he heard the term “AFL”; a guy who thought of Brad Wing when he thought of Footy…..well, let’s just say, I think I’ve come a long way.

I know I’m already looking forward to getting to the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) some day to see a game!  You’ll feel the same way when you listen to the podcast or read the blog post interview I conducted with Dr. Donaldson.  And for a limited time, this “Editor’s Pick” is freely available on our website:  check it out.

Injury prevention, that’s the name of the game in sports medicine: whether it is the AFL (Footy) or the AFL (Arena Football)!  So click on this link to hear our conversation with Dr. Donaldson, or go to iTunes to download the podcast. Enjoy!

 

 

 

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