A critical component of conducting systematic reviews or meta-analyses is assessing the bias and overall methodological quality of studies included. Being able to differentiate studies based on bias and methodological quality has become paramount as the number of clinical research studies and systematic reviews published within the field have increased exponentially.

The Sport Publication Observational Research Tool (SPORT) Score was developed through a modified delphi approach to rectify issues with utilizing legacy methodological quality scores for observational clinical sports medicine research, as sports medicine research carries numerous unique nuances and biases.

Publications:

1.     Kuhn AW, Inclan PM, Haider AA, Christy M, Dunn WR, Dephi Study Group, Matava MJ. The Sport Publication Observational Research Tool (SPORT): An objective tool to score the methodological quality of observational clinical sports medicine research. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. In Press.

Presentations:

1.     Kuhn AW, Inclan PM, Haider AA, Christy MN, Dunn WR, Delphi Group, Matava MJ. The Sport Publication Observational Research Tool (SPORT): A objective tool to score the methodological quality of observational sports medicine research. AOSSM Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN. July 2025. Herodicus Society Award.

2.     Christy MN, Kuhn AW, Inclan PM, Haider AA, Dunn WR, Delphi Group, Matava MJ. The Sport Publication Observational Research Tool (SPORT): A objective tool to score the methodological quality of observational sports medicine research. Southern Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. Marco Island, FL. July 2025. Scott D. Mair, MD Travel Grant Award