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Joseph Torg, MD

Clinical Professor (adjunct), Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Telephone:  215-707-2111

Email: joseph.torg@temple.edu

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

 

Undergraduate degree:  BA, Haverford College, Haverford, PA

 

MD, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1961

 

Residency (Orthopaedic Surgery), Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1964-1968

 

Residency (Orthopaedic Surgery), Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children, Philadelphia, PA, 1966-1967

 

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Sports medicine

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Orthopaedic Surgery, 1970

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19372088. Hewett TE, Torg JS, Boden BP, Video analysis of trunk and knee motion during non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury in female athletes: lateral trunk and knee abduction motion are combined components of the injury mechanism. Br J Sports Med 43:6(417-22)2009 Jun

19182110. Boden BP, Torg JS, Knowles SB, Hewett TE, Video analysis of anterior cruciate ligament injury: abnormalities in hip and ankle kinematics. Am J Sports Med 37:2(252-9)2009 Feb

18298392. Purchase R, Mason R, Hsu V, Rogers K, Gaughan JP, Torg J, Fourteen-year prospective results of a high-density polyethylene prosthetic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. J Long Term Eff Med Implants 17:1(13-9)2007

15790082. Torg J, Vioxx and Merck: a preventable situation? Orthopedics 28:3(248, 250)2005 Mar

15692324. Tierney RT, Sitler MR, Swanik CB, Swanik KA, Higgins M, Torg J, Gender differences in head-neck segment dynamic stabilization during head acceleration. Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:2(272-9)2005 Feb

15085218. Heck JF, Clarke KS, Peterson TR, Torg JS, Weis MP, National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Head-Down Contact and Spearing in Tackle Football. J Athl Train 39:1(101-111)2004 Mar

12831646. Torg JS, Cervical spinal stenosis with cord neurapraxia: evaluations and decisions regarding participation in athletics. Curr Sports Med Rep 1:1(43-6)2002 Feb

11953627. Sunday JM, Guille JT, Torg JS, Complications of joint arthroplasty in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. Clin Orthop Relat Res :397(350-5)2002 Apr

11792789. Torg JS, Guille JT, Jaffe S, Injuries to the cervical spine in American football players. J Bone Joint Surg Am 84-A:1(112-22)2002 Jan

10067717. Torg JS, Harris SM, Rogers K, Stilwell GJ, Retrospective report on the effectiveness of a polyurethane football helmet cover on the repeated occurrence of cerebral concussions. Am J Orthop 28:2(128-32)1999 Feb

9384393. Torg JS, Corcoran TA, Thibault LE, Pavlov H, Sennett BJ, Naranja RJ Jr, Priano S, Cervical cord neurapraxia: classification, pathomechanics, morbidity, and management guidelines. J Neurosurg 87:6(843-50)1997 Dec

9402209. Naranja RJ Jr, Corsetti J, Kuhlman JR, Torg JS, The search for the Holy Grail: a century of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Am J Orthop 26:11(743-52)1997 Nov

9397326. Torg JS, Ramsey-Emrhein JA, Management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or postinjury lesions involving the cervical spine. Clin J Sport Med 7:4(273-91)1997 Oct

9247923. Torg JS, Ramsey-Emrhein JA, Suggested management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or postinjury lesions involving the cervical spine. Med Sci Sports Exerc 29:7 Suppl(S256-72)1997 Jul

9209823. Torg JS, Ramsey-Emrhein JA, Management guidelines for participation in collision activities with congenital, developmental, or post-injury lesions involving the cervical spine. Clin Sports Med 16:3(501-30)1997 Jul

9006696. Levitz CL, Reilly PJ, Torg JS, The pathomechanics of chronic, recurrent cervical nerve root neurapraxia. The chronic burner syndrome. Am J Sports Med 25:1(73-6)1997 Jan-Feb

8947400. Naranja RJ Jr, Reilly PJ, Kuhlman JR, Haut E, Torg JS, Long-term evaluation of the Elmslie-Trillat-Maquet procedure for patellofemoral dysfunction. Am J Sports Med 24:6(779-84)1996 Nov-Dec

8816644. Torg JS, Naranja RJ Jr, Pavlov H, Galinat BJ, Warren R, Stine RA, The relationship of developmental narrowing of the cervical spinal canal to reversible and irreversible injury of the cervical spinal cord in football players. J Bone Joint Surg Am 78:9(1308-14)1996 Sep

8863022. Glasgow MT, Naranja RJ Jr, Glasgow SG, Torg JS, Analysis of failed surgical management of fractures of the base of the fifth metatarsal distal to the tuberosity: the Jones fracture. Foot Ankle Int 17:8(449-57)1996 Aug

8638763. Gelb HJ, Glasgow SG, Sapega AA, Torg JS, Magnetic resonance imaging of knee disorders. Clinical value and cost-effectiveness in a sports medicine practice. Am J Sports Med 24:1(99-103)1996 Jan-Feb

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