Note from Editor-in-Chief William O. Roberts
Happy New Year! The January/February 2010 issue of Current Sports Medicine Reports contains valuable content you will not want to miss! The Head and Neurologic Conditions section covers new techniques in concussion imaging, post-concussion syndrome, concussion symptom scales and sideline assessment tools, and facial injury in sport. The Spine Conditions section looks at management of chronic low back pain in active individuals, lumbar facet syndromes, lumbar epidural steroid injections, and lower back pain in golf. This issue also contains an interesting case report on a rib stress fracture in a golfer. A clinician profile of Edward G. McFarland, MD, FACSM, a Pearls & Pitfalls column about exertional sickling, and Web Alerts round out the issue.
As Current Sports Medicine Reports begins its ninth year of publication, I am honored to take the helm as editor-in-chief of ACSM’s official clinical journal. Robert E. Sallis, MD, FACSM, the editor-in-chief for the first eight years of the journal’s history, has advanced a fledgling concept to an indexed, reviewed, and widely cited clinical journal. My challenge is simply to continue to build upon the foundation of excellence that Dr. Sallis and his editorial team have created. You will see some changes this year as Chris Madden MD, FACSM, will fill the slot for the Competitive Athletes and Pain Management section. Additionally Craig Young, MD, FACSM, will become section editor for the Sport Specific Illness and Injury section. The journal will continue to focus on up-to-date review articles that are clinically applicable for your day-to-day practice. We strive to cover the scope of sports medicine with our clinical sections and our issues tend to be theme related based on that structure.
The health impact of our words and actions as sports and exercise physicians carries great power and has the potential to improve the lives of many. We hope to keep you up-to-date in the field of sports and exercise medicine. I hope that you will keep us on the path with honest forthright feedback regarding our performance.
Best Regards!
Bill
William O. Roberts, MD, MS, FACSM
Editor-in-Chief