Sports Medicine Consensus Statements

STOP Sports Injuries wants to provide you with resources for additional information. Download helpful PDFs to gain an understanding of topics affecting young athletes from our partner organizations. 

AAP Policy Statements

• Council of Sports Medicine and Fitness

Contact and Spearing in Football

• National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Head-Down Contact and Spearing in Tackle Football

Heat Illnesses

• Inter-Association Task Force on Exertional Heat Illnesses

NATA Position Statements

• Position Statements 

Sickle Cell Trait

• Sickle Cell Trait and the Athlete

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

• Emergency Preparedness and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in High School and College Athletic Programs

Team Physicians

• Selected Issues in Injury and Illness Prevention and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement 
• Best Practices for Sports Medicine Management for Secondary Schools and Colleges 
• Team Physician Consensus Statement: 2013 Update
• Selected Issues for the Adolescent Athlete and The Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
• Psychological Issues Related to Injury in Athletes and the Team Physician
• Emergency Preparedness and Management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in HS and College Athletic Programs
• The Team Physician and Conditioning of Athletes for Sports
• Female Athlete Issues for the Team Physician  
• Sideline Preparedness for the Team Physician  
• Concussion (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) and the Team Physician