Frank Noyes, M.D., orthopedic surgeon with Cincinnati SportsMedicine & Orthopaedic Center, recently performed the first computer-assisted osteotomy in Cincinnati at Jewish Hospital. Read Entire Release

Professionals from coast to coast traveled to Cincinnati for our summer installment of Sportsmetrics™ Certification. This course allowed us to welcome sites from New Jersey, New York, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, and for the first time sites from Connecticut and Mississippi. Course participants were treated to a day and a half of enlightening lecture and informative exercise participation. The course faculty presented participants with information on the research and development behind the program, Cincinnati SportsMedicine’s neuromuscular research efforts, and information on how to implement and market the program in their communities.

Over the weekend of June 17th and 18th, the Sportsmetrics™ staff hit the road to offer another Sportsmetrics™ Certification Course for one of our certified sites in Springfield, Illinois that had welcomed us in August of 2005. This course allowed us to welcome 19 new certified instructors to our ever growing Sportsmetrics™ family, and one of our Springfield sites to add to their pool of instructors. The participants were from a variety of backgrounds including PT, PTA, ATC, athletic training student, and high school coach. Course participants were treated to a lively discussion about the program, its implementation and its marketing in their community, thanks to the insight that was able to be provided by those already working with the program in the area. Thank you to SportsCare at Memorial Medical Center for your hospitality.

For the 21st year in a row, the Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation co-sponsored the longest running course of its kind, the Advances on the Knee and Shoulder. The purpose of this conference is to bring orthopaedic surgeons, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and physician assistants together and provide the latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of complex shoulder and knee problems. The internationally-recognized faculty is renowned for their research efforts in areas such as knee injury prevention, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, total shoulder replacement, treatment of arthrofibrosis, management of multiple ligament ruptures, and prevention of postoperative complications. Over 250 participants attended from across the United States and other continents as well.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Sportsmetrics™ Certification course was offered as a pre-conference course to Cincinnati SportsMedicine Research and Education Foundation’s Advances on the Knee and Shoulder Conference. This year, we welcomed 41 participants, representing 33 locations across the country and the globe. Among the 41 participants was a group from Wyoming, representing the first certified site in this state in the Sportsmetrics™ network. In addition to receiving information and instruction on the original Sportsmetrics™ program, participants of this certification course received exciting information on a speed and agility component under current investigation.

G. James Sammarco, M.D., presented research done by himself and Dr. V. James Sammarco on Surgical Treatment of Tibialis Anterior Tendon Ruptures. This is the largest series of this condition reported in the literature. The results using Dr. G.J. and V.J. Sammarco’s techniques show excellent strength of the repaired tendon and dramatic improvement in patient function with repair.

Dr. G. James Sammarco presents original research on Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in Cleveland, Ohio. The meeting was titled “Bone Innovations Summit” and was attended by orthopaedic surgeons and scientists who specialize in bone and cartilage repair.