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Joel Boyd, MD, is a sports medicine physician at TRIA Orthopaedic Center in Minneapolis and head team physician for both the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Wild professional hockey team. He has also been a team physician for the Minnesota Timberwolves,…

Brian Parsley, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Foundation Surgical Hospital in Bellaire, Texas, was recently elected third vice president by the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, according to a hospital news release.

Kevin Marberry, MD, will now be practicing orthopedics at Northeast Regional Medical Center and AT Still University in Kirksville, Mo., according to a Heartland Connection report.

The double-bundle reconstruction for PCL ruptures using the Achilles allograft has better results than the single-bundle reconstruction, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

The National Hockey League issued Rule 48 this season, banning blindside hits to the head to combat the growing number of concussions sustained by professional hockey players during the season, according to an ESPN report.

New Jersey will sign into law comprehensive concussion prevention and treatment law to be implemented by the 2011-2012 academic year, focusing on athletic head injury safety programs, according to a New Jersey Today report.

Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD, is the chief of the spine service at the Hospital for Special Surgery and an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He regularly offers his expertise to…

Both Houses of Congress have approved a one-year Medicare fee-fix, which averts a 25 percent reimbursement cut for physicians, and President Obama is expected to sign it, according to a report by the Hill.

Ultrasound-guided injection of autologous skin-derived tendon-like cells can be used to treat patellar tendinopathy with greater improvement in pain and function than with plasma alone for short-term use, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Leaders from the NFL have convened to discuss concussion prevention and invited helmet manufacturers, physicists and surgeons into the discussion, according to a New York Times report.