Award-winning research by the Institute for Sports Medicine
At the Institute for Sports Medicine, we are actively researching the mechanisms and risk factors that lead to sports-related injuries, learning how to improve treatment, and finding effective methods of prevention.
For more information about these research studies contact the Institute for Sports Medicine at 312.227.6527.
Ongoing studies
"Concussion knowledge in young athletes"
- Overuse injuries among young baseball pitchers have significantly increased over the past ten years. This study will examine how these athletes are throwing; specifically, how much, how often, what types of pitches are being thrown and each pitchers specific throwing motion. This study will further examine the benefit of using a pre-season strengthening program and see if it can make a difference when it comes to decreasing injuries.
"Teaching Elementary School Coaches to Incorporate Regular Fitness Training into Team Practices"
Completed Studies
"Neuromuscular warm-up reduce sport-related lower extremity injuries among female soccer and basketball athletes"
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The Institute for Sports Medicine's medical director, Cynthia LaBella, MD, won the "Best Overall Research" award at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine 2009 annual conference. She presented her research results showing that the Knee Injury Prevention Program (KIPP®) warm-up reduced anterior cruicate ligament (ACL) injuries by 80 percent among female soccer and basketball athletes in Chicago Public Schools. Established by Dr. LaBella, KIPP is a preseason neuromuscular training program specifically designed for female athletes between 12 and 18 years of age, since adolescent girls are at a much higher risk for ACL injuries compared to boys in similar sports. Read the abstract here.
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Continued recognition: The Institute for Sports Medicine's original sports medicine coordinator, Michael Huxford, MEd, ATC, CSCS, won the "2009 Oded Bar-Or Award" at the conclusion of the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness' Program at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition. It is in recognition of the best pediatric sports medicine or healthy active living presentation given at the Council's abstract session.
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Michael Huxford MEd, ATC, CSCS, presented the research results at the ACL Research Retreat V in Greensboro, NC. The retreat featured presentations by well known experts in the field and 15-minute podium presentations of research relating to ACL injuries.
"Preseason Neuromuscular Exercise Program Reduces Sports-Related Knee Pain in Female Adolescent Athletes" Clinical Pediatrics: 48(3): 327-330; April 2009
"Use of 3D motion analysis to determine the relationship between overuse injuries of the throwing arm and biomechanics of the pitching motion in young male baseball pitchers"
"Athletic Trainers' Experience and Comfort with Evaluation and Management of Asthma: A Pilot Study" Journal of Asthma: 46(1): 16-20; February 2009
- A survey of athletic trainers about their education, experience, and comfort in evaluation and management of asthma in athletes, and identification of factors associated with better asthma management skills. Read the abstract here.
Read The Female Athlete Triad in Adolescents by Kelsey Logan, MD and Rebecca Carl, MD in the November 2010 issue of Contemporary Pediatrics. Dr. Carl is a sports medicine and non-operative orthopaedic specialist at Children's Memorial Hospital. Click here for more information on the Female Athlete Triad.
Read Preventing Knee Injuries in Young Athletes by Cynthia LaBella, MD on knee1.com.