Emory SPARC

Ever wonder what SPARC is all about? Check out our YouTube channel and prepare to be SPARC'd! youtu.be/v_L3z810fRA

Thank you @KBarberFoss for the incredible impact you have made on our team. While we will miss you greatly, we are excited to see the impact you will continue to make in this next role at Rocky Mountain University 💙💛

Thank you @gregmyer11 and @Emory_SPARC for such a thoughtful gift today ❤️. The last 21 years together have meant the world to me

@KBarberFoss @gregmyer11 Thank you for everything you have poured into these teams over the years. We are so excited for your next chapter and can’t wait to see all the lives you continue to impact!

SPARCnotes // RTS testing after ACLR may be missing a critical piece: the brain. Athletes can pass strength and hop tests while relying more on cognitive control—masking deficits and increasing reinjury risk. Neurocognitive testing may better capture true readiness.

We are looking to hire a post doc with experience in machine learning and data science to help build tools and develop strategies to reduce sports injury. If you are interested in applying or know someone who is, please check out the detailed job description

What an incredible 2nd Annual @Emory_SPARC x @georgiaTSA Virtual Reality Competition! Congrats to our Winners!!! 🥇Creekview High School @CreekviewTsa 🥈Putnam County Middle School

MORE BREAKING NEWS: @EmorySportsMed 19th Annual Symposium Research and Case Abstract open! Early deadline April 10th. We do fill up! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

BREAKING NEWS! @EmorySportsMed And Emory SPARC 2026 19th Annual Sports Med Symposium (hybrid) limited space in person June 13,2026 registration is live! First come first serve! eventbrite.com/e/19th-annual-…

🗞️Today's Headline🗞️ Reliability of Brain Activity During a Supine Bilateral Leg Press and Association With Concurrent 3D Knee Joint Biomechanics🦿🧠 @EJNeuroscience @HoWonKim_OU @Jed_Diekfuss @jrush34 @gregmyer11 @Emory_SPARC pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40304370/

🌟Happy National Athletic Training Month! Across Georgia, ATs provide “Care You Can Count On”—from the sidelines of high school games to hospital clinics, industrial worksites, military units, and beyond. #gATa #NationalAthleticTrainingMonth #NATM2026 #CareYouCanCountOn @NATA1950

Black History Month Spotlight: Rheisa Burke-Wright MPH, LAT, ATC ⏲️AT for 12 yrs 📍Emory 🌟 participate w/ Emory SPARC concussion Why did you become an athletic trainer? Help athletes manage injuries and mentor athletes during their high school careers and on to future plans

Proud to have contributed to this game-changing publication! academic.oup.com/radadv/article… Looking forward to seeing how streamlining segmentation will impact the future of sports medicine 🏈@Emory_SPARC

@jtwheat27 @gregmyer11 @NeeruJayanthi @aossmjournals Appreciate you engaging, John. This review was published in 2015 - so the findings aren’t new - but the system-level challenges you’re pointing out is why we keep resurfacing this work. Research awareness is step one, adoption in youth sports is the harder lift.

@Emory_SPARC @gregmyer11 @NeeruJayanthi @aossmjournals Good info but known for sometime. There has to be a 'system' in place to make an impact. People like me are the ones who read the studies and I can't even work in the field. Makes no sense at all!

Early #SportSpecialization is linked to ↑ overuse injury risk, burnout, and reduced long-term development in #YouthAthletes. @gregmyer11 @NeeruJayanthi Special thanks: Dr. Lyle Micheli Published in Sports Health @aossmjournals DOI: 10.1177/1941738115598747

Authors: Smith DR, Anderson KD, Champagne AA, Warren SM, Zuleger TM, Slutsky-Ganesh AB, Hsiao H-I, Lamplot JD, Slone HS, Xerogeanes JW, Myer GD, Diekfuss JA

Study: Twelve-Month Maturation Timeline of Quadriceps Tendon Autograft Signal Intensity Ratio After ACL Reconstruction Using MRI Published in Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine doi:10.1177/23259671251397650

QT ACL grafts show elevated MRI signal (immature tissue) at 3–6 months post-op, but resemble native ACL by 12 months — supporting a ~12-month biological maturation timeline and reinforcing caution with early return-to-sport decisions.

Today's #ArticleinPress is an amazing collab between @Emory_SPARC and @ColoradoStateU! Locomotor Adaptation on a Split-Belt Treadmill: Mechanisms, Modulation, and Clinical Utility (Andrew C. Hagen and Brett W. Fling): ow.ly/YSAy50Y8KbQ

From harvest to healing: follow the evolution of the quadriceps tendon autograft for 1 year post ACL reconstruction. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23… @Jed_Diekfuss @gregmyer11 @Emory_SPARC @EmoryUniversity @EmoryMSKRC @aossmjournals @SageJournals