Dr. Angela Rufo reviews two articles about managing concussions and identifying structural heart disease in adolescents on this episode of the Top Sports Medicine Articles podcast, which is hosted by Dr. Jeremy Schroeder.

First, Dr. Rufo discusses article #10 of 2022, “Do Physical Interventions Improve Outcomes Following Concussion: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis,” which was originally published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in February 2022.

The second article was selected as #7, posing the question, “Do ‘Pathologic’ Cardiac Murmurs in Adolescents Identify Structural Heart Disease? An Evaluation of 15,141 Active Adolescents for Conditions That Put Them at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death.” It was originally published in BJSM in January 2022.

Dr. Rufo is a member of the AMSSM Top Articles Subcommittee, and this episode is part of an ongoing mini journal club series highlighting each of the Top Articles in Sports Medicine from 2022, as selected for the 2023 AMSSM Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

Do Physical Interventions Improve Outcomes Following Concussion: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis?

Link to Article: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/5/292

Do ‘Pathologic’ Cardiac Murmurs in Adolescents Identify Structural Heart Disease? An Evaluation of 15,141 Active Adolescents for Conditions That Put Them at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

Link to Article: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/2/88