Sports Medicine Associated Military Medicine Publications

2023 Tropf JG, Dickens JF, LeClere LE.Surgical Treatment of Focal Chondral Lesions of the Knee in the Military Population: Current and Future Therapies. Mil Med. 2023 Jul 10:usad250.
2022  Tenan MS, Dekker T, Dickens JF. An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the National Institutes of Health Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System and the Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation in Knee Surgery Patients. Mil Med. 2022 May 24:usac133.
2021 Fredericks DR, Slaven SE, McCarthy CF, Dingle ME, Brooks DI, Steelman TJ, Donohue MA, Griffin DW, Giuliani JR, Dickens JF. Incidence and Risk Factors of Acute Patellar Tendon Rupture, Repair Failure, and Return to Activity in the Active-Duty Military Population. Am J Sports Med. 2021 Sep;49(11):2916-2923.
2020 Lynch TB, Patzkowski JC, Swan ER, Roach CJ, Schmitz MR, Dickens JF, Sheean AJ. Current Practice Patterns in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Among Fellowship-Trained Military Orthopaedic Surgeons. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2020 Oct 14;2(5):e523-e529.
2020 Anderson AB, Balazs GC, Brooks DI, Dickens JF, Potter BK. Total Joint Arthroplasty Volume in the Military Health System. Mil Med. 2020 Aug 14;185(7-8):e1051-e1056.

2026Gibbs HP, McQuade AM, Ramirez V, Feeley SM, McCarthy CF, Hoyt BW, Dickens JF. Morphological Characteristics After Single Versus Recurrent Traumatic Posterior Shoulder Dislocation Events.  Am J Sports Med. 2026 Jun 21:3635465261455048. doi: 10.1177/03635465261455048. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42324750      
2026Hoyt BW, Feeley SM, McCarthy CF, LeClere LE, Kilcoyne KG, Dickens JF. The Posterior Active Subluxation Sign for Posterior Glenoid Bone Loss: A Retrospective Case Series. Mil Med. 2026 Apr 30:usag204. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usag204. Online ahead of print.PMID: 42060852
2026McCarthy CF, Bishop KR, Lansford JL, Rocchi VJ, Susmarski AJ, Dickens JF, Kilcoyne KG, LeClere LE. Clinical Presentation Patterns and Outcomes of Decompression for Suprascapular Neuropathy: A Retrospective Surgical Series.  Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2026 Jun 23. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000004036. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42328728 
2025Panarello NM, O'Hara MM, Harrington CJ, Feeley SM, McCarthy CF, Colantonio DF, Dickens JF, Kilcoyne KG. Characteristics of Lateral Clavicle Fractures Treated With Coracoclavicular Ligament Repair or Reconstruction in a Military Population. Mil Med. 2025 Feb 22:usaf050. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaf050. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39985250
2024Mescher PK, Bedrin MD, Yow BG, Dekker TJ, LeClere LE, Kilcoyne KG, Dickens JF. Nonoperative Treatment of Isolated Posterior Glenohumeral Instability in an Active Military Population: Effect of Glenoid and Acromial Morphology.Am J Sports Med. 2024 Nov;52(13):3349-3356. doi: 10.1177/03635465241284647.PMID: 39503723.
2024Sheean AJ, Tenan MS, DeFoor MT, Cognetti DJ, Bedi A, Lin A, Dekker TJ; MOTION Collaborative; Dickens JF. Minimal Important Clinical Difference Values Are Not Uniformly Valid in the Active Duty Military Population Recovering from Shoulder Surgery. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2024 Apr 11:S1058-2746(24)00246-5.
2023Cognetti DJ, Tenan MS, Dickens JF, Patzkowski JC, Cote MP, Sansone M, Sheean AJ. The Glenoid Track Paradigm Does Not Reliably Affect Military Surgeons' Approach to Managing Shoulder Instability. Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil. 2023 Feb 18;5(2):e403-e409.
2022Slaven SE, Donohue MA, Tardif RA, Foley KA, LeClere LE, Cameron KL, Giuliani JR, Posner MA, Dickens JF. Revision Arthroscopic Bankart Repair Results in High Failure Rates and a Low Return to Duty Rate Without Recurrent Instability. Arthroscopy. 2023 Apr;39(4):913-918.

 

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Ballengee LA, Lentz TA, Check D, Zullig LL, Hastings SN, North R, King HA, Lynch C, George SZ.Clinically relevant contextual factors for enrolling patients in a pain intervention across multiple health care centers. Implement Sci Commun. 2026 May 5. doi: 10.1186/s43058-026-00943-w. PMID: 42083042     

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George SZ, Coffman CJ, North R, Lentz TA, France C, Choate A, Simon CB, Cook CE, Keefe FJ, Allen KD, Goode AP, King H, Naylor J, Ballengee LA, Cope TL, Brothers JL, Guzman I, Linton T, Stanwyck C, Tumminello C, Hastings SN. Sequenced Care Pathway vs Pain Navigator Pathway for Veterans With Low Back Pain: The AIM-Back Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 1;9(4):e264421. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.4421.PMID: 41926124   

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George SZ, France C, Coffman CJ, Allen KD, Lentz TA, North R, Choate A, Goode AP, Simon CB, Grubber JM, King H, Cook CE, Keefe FJ, Ballengee LA, Naylor J, Brothers JL, Stanwyck C, Linton T, Tumminello C, Hastings SN. Baseline characteristics of Veterans from improving Veteran access to integrated management of back pain (AIM-Back) - an embedded pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial in the United States. Pain Manag. 2026 Apr 7:1-9. doi: 10.1080/17581869.2026.2652307. PMID: 41944169     

2024 George SZ, France C, Coffman CJ, Allen KD, Lentz TA, North R, Choate A, Goode AP, Simon CB, Grubber JM, King H, Cook CE, Keefe FJ, Ballengee LA, Naylor J, Brothers JL, Stanwyck C, Linton T, Tumminello C, Hastings SN. Cohort Profile: Baseline Characteristics of Veterans from Improving Veteran Access to Integrated Management of Back Pain (AIM-Back) - an Embedded Pragmatic, Cluster Randomized Trial in the United States. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Nov 26:2024.11.23.24317833. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.23.24317833. PMID: 3964961.
2021 Anderson AB, Braswell MJ, Pisano AJ, Watson NI, Dickens JF, Helgeson MD, Brooks DI, Wagner SC. Factors Associated With Progression to Surgical Intervention for Lumbar Disc Herniation in the Military Health System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 Mar 15;46(6):E392-E397.
2020 George SZ, Coffman CJ, Allen KD, Lentz TA, Choate A, Goode AP, Simon CB, Grubber JM, King H, Cook CE, Keefe FJ, Ballengee LA, Naylor J, Brothers JL, Stanwyck C, Alkon A, Hastings SN. Improving Veteran Access to Integrated Management of Back Pain (AIM-Back): Protocol for an Embedded Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial. Pain Med. 2020 Dec 12;21(Suppl 2):S62-S72.
2019 Rhon DI, O'Hagan E, Mysliwiec V, Lentz TA. Does Disordered Sleep Moderate the Relationship Between Pain, Disability and Downstream Health Care Utilization in Patients With Low Back Pain?: A Longitudinal Cohort From the US Military Health System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Nov 1;44(21):1481-1491.
2018 Sell TC, Lovalekar MT, Nagai T, Wirt MD, Abt JP, Lephart SM. Gender Differences in Static and Dynamic Postural Stability of Soldiers in the Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) .J Sport Rehabil. 2018 Mar 1;27(2):126-131.

2022 Dickens JF, Schmidt A. The Extremity War Injury Symposium: Emerging Combat and Readiness Research. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Mar 1;30(5):185-188. 
2022 Mauntel TC, Tenan MS, Freedman BA, Potter BK, Provencher MT, Tokish JM, Lee IE, Rhon DI, Bailey JR, Burns TC, Cameron KL, Grenier ES, Haley CA, Leclere LE, McDonald LS, Owens BD, Pallis MP, Posner MA, Rivera JC, Roach CJ, Robins RJ, Schmitz MR, Sheean AJ, Slabaugh MA, Volk WR, Dickens JF. The Military Orthopedics Tracking Injuries and Outcomes Network: A Solution for Improving Musculoskeletal Care in the Military Health System.  Mil Med. 2022 Mar 28;187(3-4):e282-e289. 
2020 Isaacson B, Miranda M, Hager N, Wagner L, West S, Lucio W, Heller J, Dalgarno R, Dickens JF, Schoomaker E, Pasquina P. Standardizing Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocols for the Tri-Service: A Consensus Meeting Hosted by the Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness Organization. Mil Med. 2020 Dec 30;185(11-12):480-483.
2017 Heebner NR, Abt JP, Lovalekar M, Beals K, Sell TC, Morgan J, Kane S, Lephart S. Physical and Performance Characteristics Related to Unintentional Musculoskeletal Injury in Special Forces Operators: A Prospective Analysis. J Athl Train. 2017 Dec;52(12):1153-1160
2017 Lovalekar M, Abt JP, Sell TC, Lephart SM, Pletcher E, Beals K Accuracy of recall of musculoskeletal injuries in elite military personnel: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2017 Dec 14;7(12):e017434

2024 France C, Cook CE, Coffman CJ, Tumminello C, Choate A, George SZ, Lentz TA, Hastings SN. The implementation of a pain navigator program in the department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) health care systems: a cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial. Pain Med. 2024 Nov 1;25(Supplement_1):S83-S90. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnae074. PMID: 39514873 Clinical Trial.
2022 Anderson AB, Grazal CF, Tintle SM, Potter BK, Forsberg JA, Dickens JF. Utilization of the Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP): Combating Musculoskeletal Disease With PRORP. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Mar 1;30(5):195-205. 
2022 Sheean AJ, Dickens JF, Provencher MT. Extremity War Injury Symposium XV: Sports and Readiness Symposium Summary. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Mar 1;30(5):189-194
2021 Richards CRN, Joel C, Dickens JF.Review of a Role 2 in Afghanistan: Understanding the Data on Medical and Surgical Volumes in a Deployed Setting. Mil Med. 2021 May 3;186(5-6):e599-e605. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaa472.
2021 Sheean AJ, Dickens JF, Provencher MT. Extremity War Injury Symposium XV: Sports and Readiness Symposium Summary. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Feb 15.