2014 JOSPT Awards Focus on 2 Contemporary Topics: Dry Needling and Knee Articular Cartilage Defects.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2015 Mar;45(3):151-2

Authors: Simoneau GG

Abstract
During the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana in February 2015, JOSPT recognized the authors of the most outstanding research and clinical practice manuscripts published in JOSPT during the 2014 calendar year. The 2014 JOSPT Excellence in Research Award was presented to Rocio Llamas-Ramos, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo, Inés Llamas-Ramos, Gustavo Plaza-Manzano, Ricardo Ortega-Santiago, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, and Joshua A. Cleland for their paper entitled “Comparison of the Short-Term Outcomes Between Trigger Point Dry Needling and Trigger Point Manual Therapy for the Management of Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” The 2014 George J. Davies-James A. Gould Excellence in Clinical Inquiry Award was presented to Peter K. Edwards, Jay R. Ebert, and Timothy Ackland for their work titled “Clinical Rehabilitation Guidelines for Matrix-Induced Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation on the Tibiofemoral Joint.” J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2015;45(3):151-152. doi:10.2519/jospt.2015.0104.

PMID: 25726696 [PubMed – in process]