American College of Sports Medicine Position Statements and Team Physician Consensus Statements

*DACBSP® candidates are responsible for the reading list below, as well as the CCSP® reading list (click here)*

ACBSP™ recognizes the Position Statements and Team Physician Statements of the American College of Sports Medicine that are listed below. They can be found by clicking here.

  • Exercise and Acute Cardiovascular Events: Placing the Risks into Perspective
  • Exercise and Hypertension
  • Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults
  • Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes: American College of Sports Medicine and the American Diabetes
  • Mass Participation Event Management for the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
  • Psychological Issues Related to Injury in Athletes and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
  • Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults: Guidance for Prescribing
  • Selected Issues for the Adolescent Athlete and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement
  • Selected Issues for the Master Athlete and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement

DACBSP® Text Books

  • ACSM Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review; 2012 ISBN-13; 978-1451104257; ISBN-10; 1451104251
  • Evidence Based Sports Medicine 2nd Ed; 2007 ISBN-13: 978-1405132985; ISBN-10; 1405132981
  • Orthopedic Manual Therapy 2nd Ed 2011 Cook, ISBN-13: 978-0138021733; ISBN-10: 0138021732
  • Physical Agents in Rehabilitation 3rd Ed, Michelle H. Cameron, Saunders / Elsevier 2009; ISBN-13: 978-1416032571; ISBN-10: 1416032571; ISBN-10: 1416032576
  • Sports Injury: Prevention and Rehabilitation, Shamus and Shamus, 2001 McGraw-Hill; ISBN-13: 978-0071354752; ISBN-10: 0071354751
  • Sport Notes, Field and Clinical Examination Guide by Dawn Gulick 2008 www.fadavis.com; ISBN-13: 978-0803618756; ISBN-10: 0803618751
  • Chiropractic Technique: Principles and Procedures, Bergman and Peterson, 2011 Mosby Inc.; ISBN-13: 978-0323049696; ISBN-10: 0323049699
  • Principles and Practices of Chiropractic, Scott Haldeman 2005 McGraw-Hill; ISBN-13: 978-0071375344; ISBN-10: 00713753410071375341

Additional DACBSP® Journal Articles

Articles marked with an asterisk (*) do not have open access.
·        AMSSM Concussion Position Statement
·        FAI in Athletes Current Sports Medicine Reports 2013*
·        NATA Position Statement Prehospital Care of the Spine-Injured Athlete
·        Physical Activity with Scoliosis
·        Return to Play after Cervical Spine Injury*
·        Review of FAI in Athletes*
·        The Mechanisms of Manual Therapy...
·        Transparency of research methods: proud to be a Naked Emperor.
·        Questioning the importance of authorship
·        Evidence-based practice in 5 simple steps.
·        How to write a case report for publication