Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement

Jennifer Scott Koontz^{1

2}, Margo Mountjoy³, Kristin E Abbott⁴, Cindy Miller Aron⁵, Kathleen C Basile⁶, Chad T Carlson⁷, Cindy J Chang⁸, Alex B Diamond⁹, Sheila A Dugan¹⁰, Brian Hainline¹¹, Stanley A Herring¹², Elliot Hopkins¹³, Elizabeth A Joy¹⁴, Janet P Judge¹⁵, Michele LaBotz¹⁶, Jason Matuszak¹⁷, Cody J McDavis¹⁸, Rebecca A Myers¹⁹, Aurelia Nattiv²⁰, Jeffrey L Tanji²¹, Jessica Wagner¹¹, William O Roberts²²

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¹ Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas.
³ McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Family Medicine, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Health Service, Evanston, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Population Health, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest, Lebanon, Oregon.
⁶ Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁷ Stadia Sports Medicine, West Des Moines, Iowa.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedics and Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
¹⁰ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
¹¹ Sport Science Institute, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.
¹² Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
¹³ National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis, Indiana.
¹⁴ Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
¹⁵ Holland & Knight, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁶ Intermed, Portland, Maine.
¹⁷ Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
¹⁸ Foundation 42, Los Angeles, California.
¹⁹ Longs Peak Family Medicine, Longmont, Colorado.
²⁰ Division of Sports Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
²¹ Orthopaedics, University of California Davis Sports Medicine, Sacramento, California; and.
²² Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PMID: 32516236
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000855

Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement

Jennifer Scott Koontz et al. Clin J Sport Med. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;30(4):291-292.

doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000855.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Newton Medical Center, Newton, Kansas.
² Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas.
³ McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Family Medicine, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Health Service, Evanston, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Population Health, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest, Lebanon, Oregon.
⁶ Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁷ Stadia Sports Medicine, West Des Moines, Iowa.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedics and Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
¹⁰ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
¹¹ Sport Science Institute, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.
¹² Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
¹³ National Federation of State High School Associations, Indianapolis, Indiana.
¹⁴ Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah.
¹⁵ Holland & Knight, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁶ Intermed, Portland, Maine.
¹⁷ Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
¹⁸ Foundation 42, Los Angeles, California.
¹⁹ Longs Peak Family Medicine, Longmont, Colorado.
²⁰ Division of Sports Medicine, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
²¹ Orthopaedics, University of California Davis Sports Medicine, Sacramento, California; and.
²² Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PMID: 32516236
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000855

Abstract

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) convened a group of experts to develop a Position Statement addressing the problem of sexual violence in sport. The AMSSM Sexual Violence in Sport Task Force held a series of meetings over 7 months, beginning in July 2019. Following a literature review, the task force used an iterative process and expert consensus to finalize the Position Statement. The objective of this Position Statement is to raise awareness of this critical issue among sports medicine physicians and to declare a commitment to engage in collaborative, multidisciplinary solutions to reduce sexual violence in sport.

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1. Mountjoy M, Brackenridge C, Arrington M, et al. International Olympic Committee consensus statement: harassment and abuse (non-accidental violence) in sport. Br J Sports Med. 2016;50:1019–1029.

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