Objectives:

• Participants will be able to elevate their awareness about OA within the sports medicine community and improve their clinical management strategies and patient education knowledge as they care for their athletes.
• Participants will be able to identify three risk factors for post traumatic OA.
• Participants will be able to describe a new treatment option for joint injury.
• Participants will be able to develop a prevention strategy for post traumatic OA.
• Participants will be able to review the vibratory stimuli model of rehabilitation for OA.
• Participants will be able to describe the pros and cons of using telehealth resources in the care of knee joint injury.
• Participants will be able to prescribe the correct HuTT protocol to their staff.
• Participants will be able to identify the common components of a healthy performance nutrition program for athletes.
• Participants will be able to identify food supplements which do not lead to a healthy athletic performance nutrition plan.
• Participants will be able to learn about some of the new information and knowledge that is rapidly developing regarding the prevention of concussions.

Schedule:
7:45 AM    Registration opens for material pick-up & check-in
                   Visit with Exhibitors / Continental Breakfast & Morning Networking opens
8:30 AM    Introductions and organization details
8:35 AM    Morning Session begins
10:00 AM   Break and Exhibit visits
10:15 AM   Session continues
12:00 PM   Roundtable Luncheon begins
1:00 PM    Afternoon Session begins
2:20 PM    Break and Exhibit visits
2:35 PM    Session continues
4:00 PM    Visit with Exhibitors & Networking
4:30 PM    Seminar Concludes

The program content for this seminar was developed with Continuing Education Travel Seminars and they will manage the continuing education credits for this meeting. Questions should be directed to 972-523-1749.

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Outline

Morning Session

“Risk Factors for Post Traumatic OA – Identifying Potential Targets for Therapeutic Intervention”
Tim Tourville, PhD, ATC, CSCS
University of Vermont

“Neuromuscular Origins of Disability following Joint Injury: A New Treatment Approach”
Brian Pietrosimone, PhD, ATC
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

“Incorporating Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Prevention into Sports Medicine“
Brian Pietrosimone, PhD, ATC
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

“Vibration for Treatment and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis”
Troy Blackburn, PhD, ATC
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

“Osteoarthritis in the Military: Leveraging Telehealth Resources to Implement Innovative Models of Care Following Acute Traumatic Knee Joint Injury in Young and Physically Active Populations”
Ken Cameron, PhD, MPH, ATC, FNATA
Keller Army Hospital – United States Military Academy at West Point

Lunch Roundtable

OA - Where Do We Go from Here, Bracing?

Luncheon Keynote Address
"My Best Friends Have Always Been Athletic Trainers"
Kevin Sherrington
Senior Sports Writer – Dallas Morning News

Afternoon Session

“Reducing Head Impacts in Football with the HuTTTMhelmetless-tackling training program“
Erik Swartz, PhD, ATC, FNATA
University of New Hampshire

“Complete Nutrition for the Total Athlete”
Eve Pearson, MBA, RD, CSSD, LD
NutriWorks Dallas & Ft. Worth

“Update on Concussion Prevention”
Dave Burton, MS, LAT, ATC
Concussion Management Alliance Dallas, TX

“Literature and Research Review of Clavicle Fracture Management”
Nilpesh M. Patel, MD
Lakewood Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

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Timothy Tourville, PhD,ATC, CSCS
"Risk Factors for Post Traumatic OA - Identifying Potential Targets for
Therapeutic Intervention"


Brian Pietrosimone, PhD, ATC
"Neuromuscular Origins of Disability following Joint Injury: A New
Treatment Approach"


Troy Blackburn, PhD, ATC
"Vibration for Treatment and Prevention of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis"


Kenneth Cameron, PhD, MPH, ATC
"Osteoarthritis in the Military: Leveraging Telehealth Resources to Implement
Innovative Models of Care Following Acute Traumatic Knee Joint Injury in
Young and Physically Active Populations"


Kevin Sherrington
"My Best Friends Have Always Been Athletic Trainers"


Erik Swartz, PhD, ATC, FNATA
"Reducing Head Impacts in Football with the HuTT™ helmetless-tackling
training program"


Eve Pearson, MBA, RD, CSD, LD
"Complete Nutrition for the Total Athlete"


Dave Burton, MS, LAT, ATC
“Update on Concussion Prevention”


Nilpesh M. Patel, MD
"Literature and Research Review for Clavicle Fracture Management"

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Recognized by the Athletic Trainers' Osteoarthritis Consortium (ATOAC)