Dr. Heather Vincent joined ACSM leaders Drs. Liz Joy and Kevin Vincent to discuss an ACSM priority area in Active Aging and Exercise is Medicine. The group symposium was titled ‘The Older I Get the Better I Was: Physiological Changes with Aging and how Exercise can Slow the Hands of Time’. Dr. Vincent spoke at this standing room only session on Gait Signatures in the Aging Runner, and other speakers shared evidence of strength exercise for successful aging and the ACSM initiatives in moving the needle in this area.
Dr. Heather also shared the stage with experts in the area of sports injuries in the lower extremity, and led Clinical Case Discussion sections for Foot and Ankle with Chair Dr. Jeffrey Ross (Baylor) and Dr. Amadeus Mason (Emory). Presenters represented countries around the globe and different sports disciplines. She also shared her poster titled ‘Accuracy Of Self-reported Foot Strike Pattern Detection And Injury Risk Among Endurance Runners.
Congratulations to our resident physicians who presented their original research at this conference. Dr. Kyle Coffey (PGY3) presented his work on “Differences in Overhead Squat Performance among Powerlifters and Endurance Runners with and without Knee Pain” Dr. Abe Amare (PGY2) shared his original research titled “Differences Exist in Spine Flexion and Bodyweight Bilateral Squat Among Powerlifters with and without Lower Back Pain History”. These residents shared some of the first comparative physical function performance data in the understudied powerlifter population. Poster sessions were packed and interest in their work was high. Congratulations, Doctors!
Faculty and the UF Health Sports Performance team also shared novel science about ground reaction force signals in runners with and without injury using new analytic approaches. Dr. Ryan Nixon represented the team with his exciting work. David Zhang, a pre-medicine intern with the PMR team, presented his first original research analysis examining ankle injuries in a national population sample of basketball players. Paper is in review. Great work everyone!
Dr. Zaremski presented on the Administration and Building of a Sports Medicine Team as well as moderating the American Orthopedic for Sports Medicine exchange lecture on Updates on Throwing Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Zaremski was elected by the Clinical Sports Medicine Leadership Committee to the Team Physician Consensus Conference (TPCC) Sub-Committee (https://acsm.org/education-resources/pronouncements-scientific-communications/team-physician-consensus-statements/). The TPCC is a project-based alliance with partners 6 major medial organizations that includes primary care and orthopedic surgery. The group meets annually to produce a consensus statement. The TPCC addresses select medical issues in the care and treatment of athletes. The resulting documents serve as guidance and teaching tools for physicians working in the sports medicine field, regardless of geographical location or level of team or athlete.