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Neeru Jayanthi

  • Department of Orthopaedics
    Professor
  • neeru.jayanthi@emory.edu
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Education

Degrees

  • MD from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine

Research

Publications

  • Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Sport-Related Injury in Youth Athletes: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
    Orthop J Sports Med Volume: 13 Page(s): 23259671251341467
    06/01/2025 Authors: Verma R; Render A; Ramirez M; Shenvi N; Easley KA; LaBella C; Stracciolini A; Jayanthi N
  • Sex Differences in Youth and Young Adult Sport Training Patterns, Specialization, and Return to Sport Durations.
    Sports Health Volume: 17 Page(s): 190 - 201
    01/01/2025 Authors: Buser A; Schley S; Render A; Ramirez ME; Truong C; Easley KA; Shenvi N; Jayanthi N
  • A Risk Tool for Evaluating Overuse Injury and Return-to-Play Time Periods in Youth and Collegiate Athletes: Preliminary Study.
    Sports Health Volume: 17 Page(s): 202 - 213
    01/01/2025 Authors: Schley S; Buser A; Render A; Ramirez ME; Truong C; Easley KA; Shenvi N; Jayanthi N
  • Feasibility of the pitch efficiency rating: A novel tool for systematic assessment of pitching mechanics in developing throwing athletes.
    PM R Volume: 16 Page(s): 339 - 346
    04/01/2024 Authors: Kenyon C; Beebe A; Easley K; Jayanthi N; Bowers R
  • The Effects of Injury Type on Health-Related Quality of Life in Youth Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.
    Clin J Sport Med Volume: 34 Page(s): 52 - 60
    01/01/2024 Authors: Verma R; DeMaio E; Render A; Wild J; Hunt D; Cato S; Shenvi N; LaBella C; Stracciolini A; Jayanthi N
  • S.P.O.R.R.T.-A Comprehensive Approach to the Assessment and Non-Operative Management of Overuse Knee Conditions in Youth Athletes.
    Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 627 - 638
    12/01/2023 Authors: Davis J; Doyle B; Ishii H; Jayanthi N
  • Movement Regularity Differentiates Specialized and Nonspecialized Athletes in a Virtual Reality Soccer Header Task.
    J Sport Rehabil Volume: 32 Page(s): 248 - 255
    03/01/2023 Authors: Riehm CD; Bonnette S; Riley MA; Diekfuss JA; DiCesare CA; Schille A; Kiefer AW; Jayanthi NA; Kliethermes S; Lloyd RS
  • Differences in Lower Extremity Coordination Patterns as a Function of Sports Specialization.
    J Mot Behav Volume: 55 Page(s): 245 - 255
    01/01/2023 Authors: Bonnette S; Riley MA; Riehm C; DiCesare CA; Christy M; Wilson J; Schille A; Diekfuss JA; Kiefer AW; Jayanthi N
  • Differences in career longevity before and after implementation of the Women's Tennis Association Tour Age Eligibility Rule and Player Development Programmes: a 25-year study.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 56 Page(s): 955 - 960
    09/01/2022 Authors: Otis CL; Hainline B; Harwood C; Jayanthi NA; Jensen R; Keber A; Kroshus E; Livengood T; Stroia K; Quinn A
  • Brain Activity During Experimental Knee Pain and Its Relationship With Kinesiophobia in Patients With Patellofemoral Pain: A Preliminary Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation.
    J Sport Rehabil Volume: 31 Page(s): 589 - 598
    07/01/2022 Authors: Barber Foss KD; Slutsky-Ganesh AB; Diekfuss JA; Grooms DR; Simon JE; Schneider DK; Jayanthi N; Lamplot JD; Hill D; Pombo M
  • A preliminary investigation of the effects of patellar displacement on brain activation and perceived pain in young females with patellofemoral pain.
    J Sci Med Sport Volume: 25 Page(s): 385 - 390
    05/01/2022 Authors: Slutsky-Ganesh AB; Diekfuss JA; Grooms DR; Simon JE; Anand M; Lamplot JD; Jayanthi N; Wong PK; Lyle MA; Myer GD
  • Age and Gender Differences in Injuries and Risk Factors in Elite Junior and Professional Tennis Players.
    Sports Health Volume: 14 Page(s): 466 - 477
    01/01/2022 Authors: Rice RP; Roach K; Kirk-Sanchez N; Waltz B; Ellenbecker TS; Jayanthi N; Raya M
  • Developmental Training Model for the Sport Specialized Youth Athlete: A Dynamic Strategy for Individualizing Load-Response During Maturation.
    Sports Health Volume: 14 Page(s): 142 - 153
    01/01/2022 Authors: Jayanthi N; Schley S; Cumming SP; Myer GD; Saffel H; Hartwig T; Gabbett TJ
  • Systematic Review of Health Organization Guidelines Following the AMSSM 2019 Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit.
    Sports Health Volume: 14 Page(s): 127 - 134
    01/01/2022 Authors: AMSSM Collaborative Research Network Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit; Herman DC; Nelson VR; Montalvo AM; Myer GD; Brenner JS; DiFiori JP; Jayanthi NA; Marshall SW; Kliethermes SA
  • Current Sport Organization Guidelines From the AMSSM 2019 Youth Early Sport Specialization Research Summit.
    Sports Health Volume: 14 Page(s): 135 - 141
    01/01/2022 Authors: AMSSM Collaborative Research Network Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit; Tenforde AS; Montalvo AM; Nelson VR; Myer GD; Brenner JS; DiFiori JP; Jayanthi NA; Marshall SW; Kliethermes SA
  • Training the specialised youth athlete: a supportive classification model to keep them playing.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 55 Page(s): 1248 - 1249
    11/01/2021 Authors: Jayanthi N; Saffel H; Gabbett T
  • National Trends in Youth Sport During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding the Perspectives and Experiences of Parents in the United States
    Volume: 43 Page(s): S62 - S62
    05/01/2021 Authors: Dorsch T; Blazo J; Arthur-Banning S; Anderson-Butcher D; Jayanthi N; Hardiman A
  • Defining a Research Agenda for Youth Sport Specialization in the United States: The AMSSM Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit.
    Clin J Sport Med Volume: 31 Page(s): 103 - 112
    03/01/2021 Authors: Kliethermes SA; Marshall SW; LaBella CR; Watson AM; Brenner JS; Nagle KB; Jayanthi N; Brooks MA; Tenforde AS; Herman DC
  • Defining a research agenda for youth sport specialisation in the USA: the AMSSM Youth Early Sport Specialization Summit.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 55 Page(s): 135 - 143
    02/01/2021 Authors: Kliethermes SA; Marshall SW; LaBella CR; Watson AM; Brenner JS; Nagle KB; Jayanthi N; Brooks MA; Tenforde AS; Herman DC
  • Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps in the Tennis Player.
    Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med Volume: 13 Page(s): 612 - 621
    10/01/2020 Authors: Troyer W; Render A; Jayanthi N
  • Risk of Injuries Associated With Sport Specialization and Intense Training Patterns in Young Athletes: A Longitudinal Clinical Case-Control Study.
    Orthop J Sports Med Volume: 8 Page(s): 2325967120922764
    06/01/2020 Authors: Jayanthi N; Kleithermes S; Dugas L; Pasulka J; Iqbal S; LaBella C
  • Youth sport specialisation: the need for an evidence-based definition.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 54 Page(s): 196 - 197
    02/01/2020 Authors: Jayanthi N; Kliethermes SA; Ct J
  • Impact of youth sports specialisation on career and task-specific athletic performance: a systematic review following the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Collaborative Research Network's 2019 Youth Early Sport Specialisation Summit.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 54 Page(s): 221 - 230
    02/01/2020 Authors: Kliethermes SA; Nagle K; Ct J; Malina RM; Faigenbaum A; Watson A; Feeley B; Marshall SW; LaBella CR; Herman DC
  • Sport Specialization and Coordination Differences in Multisport Adolescent Female Basketball, Soccer, and Volleyball Athletes.
    J Athl Train Volume: 54 Page(s): 1105 - 1114
    10/01/2019 Authors: DiCesare CA; Montalvo A; Foss KDB; Thomas SM; Hewett TE; Jayanthi NA; Myer GD
  • Health Consequences of Youth Sport Specialization.
    J Athl Train Volume: 54 Page(s): 1040 - 1049
    10/01/2019 Authors: Jayanthi NA; Post EG; Laury TC; Fabricant PD
  • Sports Specialization Is Not Associated With Greater Odds of Previous Injury in Elite Male Youth Soccer Players.
    Clin J Sport Med Volume: 29 Page(s): 368 - 373
    09/01/2019 Authors: Frome D; Rychlik K; Fokas J; Chiampas G; Jayanthi N; LaBella C
  • Benefits and challenges of serial sports training risk assessment and counselling in kids: the T.R.A.C.K. randomised intervention study.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 53 Page(s): 243 - 249
    02/01/2019 Authors: Kliethermes SA; Dugas LR; LaBella CR; Alawad N; Pasulka J; Jayanthi N
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics Are Altered Across Maturation in Sport-Specialized Female Adolescent Athletes.
    Front Pediatr Volume: 7 Page(s): 268
    01/01/2019 Authors: DiCesare CA; Montalvo A; Barber Foss KD; Thomas SM; Ford KR; Hewett TE; Jayanthi NA; Stracciolini A; Bell DR; Myer GD
  • Socioeconomic Factors for Sports Specialization and Injury in Youth Athletes.
    Sports Health Volume: 10 Page(s): 303 - 310
    01/01/2018 Authors: Jayanthi NA; Holt DB; LaBella CR; Dugas LR
  • Promotion of Healthy Weight-Control Practices in Young Athletes.
    Pediatrics Volume: 140
    09/01/2017 Authors: Carl RL; Johnson MD; Martin TJ; COUNCIL ON SPORTS MEDICINE AND FITNESS
  • Specialization patterns across various youth sports and relationship to injury risk.
    Phys Sportsmed Volume: 45 Page(s): 344 - 352
    09/01/2017 Authors: Pasulka J; Jayanthi N; McCann A; Dugas LR; LaBella C
  • Youth Participation and Injury Risk in Martial Arts.
    Pediatrics Volume: 138
    12/01/2016 Authors: Demorest RA; Koutures C; COUNCIL ON SPORTS MEDICINE AND FITNESS
  • Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes.
    Pediatrics Volume: 138
    09/01/2016 Authors: Brenner JS; COUNCIL ON SPORTS MEDICINE AND FITNESS
  • AOSSM Early Sport Specialization Consensus Statement.
    Orthop J Sports Med Volume: 4 Page(s): 2325967116644241
    04/01/2016 Authors: LaPrade RF; Agel J; Baker J; Brenner JS; Cordasco FA; Ct J; Engebretsen L; Feeley BT; Gould D; Hainline B
  • Clinical Evaluation of the Adult Recreational Tennis Player.
    Curr Sports Med Rep Volume: 15 Page(s): 437 - 445
    01/01/2016 Authors: Changstrom B; Jayanthi N
  • Sports Specialization, Part II: Alternative Solutions to Early Sport Specialization in Youth Athletes.
    Sports Health Volume: 8 Page(s): 65 - 73
    01/01/2016 Authors: Myer GD; Jayanthi N; DiFiori JP; Faigenbaum AD; Kiefer AW; Logerstedt D; Micheli LJ
  • Sports-specialized intensive training and the risk of injury in young athletes: a clinical case-control study.
    Am J Sports Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 794 - 801
    04/01/2015 Authors: Jayanthi NA; LaBella CR; Fischer D; Pasulka J; Dugas LR
  • Sport Specialization, Part I: Does Early Sports Specialization Increase Negative Outcomes and Reduce the Opportunity for Success in Young Athletes?
    Sports Health Volume: 7 Page(s): 437 - 442
    01/01/2015 Authors: Myer GD; Jayanthi N; Difiori JP; Faigenbaum AD; Kiefer AW; Logerstedt D; Micheli LJ
  • Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 48 Page(s): 287 - 288
    02/01/2014 Authors: DiFiori JP; Benjamin HJ; Brenner JS; Gregory A; Jayanthi N; Landry GL; Luke A
  • Overuse injuries and burnout in youth sports: a position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
    Clin J Sport Med Volume: 24 Page(s): 3 - 20
    01/01/2014 Authors: DiFiori JP; Benjamin HJ; Brenner J; Gregory A; Jayanthi N; Landry GL; Luke A
  • Sports specialization in young athletes: evidence-based recommendations.
    Sports Health Volume: 5 Page(s): 251 - 257
    05/01/2013 Authors: Jayanthi N; Pinkham C; Dugas L; Patrick B; Labella C
  • Racket sports.
    Curr Sports Med Rep Volume: 12 Page(s): 329 - 336
    01/01/2013 Authors: Jayanthi N; Esser S
  • Risk factors for medical withdrawals in United States tennis association junior national tennis tournaments: a descriptive epidemiologic study.
    Sports Health Volume: 1 Page(s): 231 - 235
    05/01/2009 Authors: Jayanthi NA; O'Boyle J; Durazo-Arvizu RA
  • Echocardiographic characterisation of left ventricular geometry of professional male tennis players
    BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE Volume: 41
    11/01/2007 Authors: Jayanthi N
  • Tennis injuries: occurrence, aetiology, and prevention.
    Br J Sports Med Volume: 40 Page(s): 415 - 423
    05/01/2006 Authors: Pluim BM; Staal JB; Windler GE; Jayanthi N
  • 'Monkey' sign for cervical radiculopathy.
    Phys Sportsmed Volume: 32 Page(s): 43
    09/01/2004 Authors: Amann C; Jayanthi N
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