Category Archives: ACSM

The Latest Research from the 2013 American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting

Posted on June 13, 2013 by avatar

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Annual Meeting is held each year and brings together over 5000 scientists and doctors from all over the world who are experts in sports medicine and exercise science. This year the meeting was held in the home town of the ACSM – Indianapolis, Indiana. Unfortunately this year had very few tennis studies that were presented – only 3 presentations on tennis and 2 of them were case study examples. We would love to see many more tennis-specific research presentations. Fortunately, hundreds of studies from around the world were presented on topics that have relevance to tennis athletes and TPT, CTPS and MTPS professionals.  Below are some of the most relevant abstracts from the 2013 ACSM Annual Meeting. Continue reading →

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American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Tennis-Specific Research Review: Part 2

Posted on June 7, 2012 by avatar

Continuation of tennis-specific research review from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 59th Annual Meeting. The iTPA has reviewed the research presented and below are two tennis performance focused studies that are relevant to improving tennis performance and reducing injuries. Continue reading →

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American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting Tennis-Specific Research Review: Part 1

Posted on June 5, 2012 by avatar

The iTPA had a large presence at the American College of Sports Medicine 59th Annual Meeting and 3rd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine in San Francisco, California (June 2012). A number of iTPA Certification Commissioners were presenting research and clinical sessions in areas of sports medicine and exercise/sport sciences.

Over 6800 researchers, clinicians, sports medicine and science professionals converged on the city of San Francisco for the largest sports medicine/science meeting  in the world. The iTPA has reviewed the research presented and below are Continue reading →

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