Editorial: Orthopaedic Surgeons Should Recommend That Children and Young Adults Not Play Tackle Football

Traumatic Brain Injury News Reports and Participation in High School Tackle Football

“…More attention should be devoted to understand the factors driving this behavioral shift. 1 The adjusted odds ratio for AKI in this population drawn from 6 large children's hospitals was 3.40 (95% CI, 2.26-5.14). This estimate is very similar to the results of a 2017 meta-analysis including studies of both children and adults.…”

“…Decreasing numbers of adolescent boys participating in high school tackle football, as reported by news outlets, may be because of increasing concerns about football-associated health risks, including progressive chronic traumatic encephalopathy. [1][2][3] Evidence of an association between decreasing participation of adolescent boys in high school tackle football and news reports about traumatic brain injury has not been specifically examined.…”

Editorial: Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Belong on the Sidelines at American Football Games?

“…n an earlier editorial, we suggested that orthopaedic surgeons should recommend that children and young adults not play tackle football [7]. We based this recommendation on ample documentation of neurocognitive impairment caused by concussions among youth players [13][14][15]17].…”

“…We earlier argued [7] that concussion guidelines, decreasing contact in football practice, and better helmets, coaching, and equipment all are good, but they are not sufficient. Current consensus statements and recommendations from important groups recognize serious gaps in our knowledge [2,6].…”

Editorial: Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical Publishing, and the First Amendment of the United States Constitution

“…or the last 9 years, I have had the privilege of chairing the Board of Trustees of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ® . During that time, this journal has had two outstanding Editors-in-Chief and many excellent Senior, Deputy, and Associate Editors who have authored scores of editorials, some of which were quite controversial [1,2,[4][5][6].…”