Jonathan Frederick Dickens MD LTC, MC, USA

PubMed

• Posterior Shoulder Soft Tissue Stabilization Return to Play Criteria Vary Among Investigations: A Systematic Review.
  Colby C Wollenman, Mason W Young, Gabriel C Lane, Eric N Bowman, Rick W Wright
  Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review. 2026-03-01
• Return to play and recurrent instability rates in open versus arthroscopic anterior shoulder stabilisation in the contact and collision athlete: A systematic review.
  Eoghan T Hurley, Richard M Danilkowicz, Samuel G Lorentz, Dean C Taylor, Jonathan F Dickens
  Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2026-01-19
• Risk Factors for Progression to Glenohumeral Arthritis After Arthroscopic Anterior Stabilization in a Young and High-Demand Population.
  Bobby G Yow, Ashley B Bozzay, Benjamin W Hoyt, Sean E Slaven, Zein Aburish
  The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2026-01-01

Journal Articles

• AAOS/OTA/SOMOS/ORS Extremity War Injuries XI: Maintaining Force Readiness During an Era of Military Transition  
  Extremity War Injuries (Dickens, JF), Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• The 2015 AOA North American Travelling Fellowship  
  Mesfin A, Li X, Dickens JF, Alolabi B, Miller AN., Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
• Improving Medical Readiness in the US Military  
  Dickens JF and Mauntel T, Congressional Submission, House Armed Service Committee., 1/2/2016

Books/Book Chapters

• Tennis Elbow: Clinical Management. 
  Chapter: Tennis Elbow in Athletes: More Than Just Tennis? 
  Masini BD, Dickens JF, Owens BDEditors: Wolf JF.Springer, New York, NY2015
• Insider's Guide to Orthopaedic Residency and Fellowship 
  Chapter: Military Candidates and the Secret to a Successful Orthopaedic Surgery Residency and Fellowship. 
  Dickens JF, Cody JP, Helgeson MD, Shawen SBEditors: Mazloom SE and Parvizi J.Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Ltd, New Delhi, India2014
• Basic Principles and Operative Management of the Rotator Cuff 
  Chapter: Management of the Biceps Tendon in the Setting of Rotator Cuff Tears 
  Rue JP, Dickens JF, Kilcoyne KGEditors: Ma, B and Feeley, B.Slack, Inc, Thorofare, NY2012

Abstracts/Posters

• An analysis of orthopaedic research produced during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: The top 20 most cited articles.
  Balazs, GC, Dickens JF, Brelin AM, Wolfe JA, Rue JP, Potter BK., Mid-American Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting, Hilton Head Island, SC., 1/14/2015
• Pathoanatomy of Shoulder Instability in Collegiate Women
  Patzkowski, JC, Dickens JF, Cameron KC, Owens BD, Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeon 56th Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, 1/7/2015
• Epidemiology of Pectoralis Major Tendon Rupture in the Active Duty Population.
  Brelin AM, Balazs GC, Donohue MA, Rue JP, Giuliani JR, Dickens JF., Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeon 56th Annual Meeting., St. Petersburg, FL, 1/7/2015

Lectures

• Outcomes in the Continuum of Care 
  Washington, DC - 1/18/2016
• Past, Present, and Future of Patient Reported Outcomes in the Military 
  Washington, DC - 1/18/2016
• Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Failed Meniscal Repair in a Military Population 
  Boston, MA - 1/16/2016

Other

• Recurrent Instability Seen in Intercollegiate Athletes with Shoulder Injury after Return to Play 
  Dickens JF, American Journal of Orthopaedics
  http://www.amjorthopedics.com/the-publication/news/article/recurrentinstability-seen-in-intercollegiate-athletes-with-shoulder-injury-after-return-toplay/44059f88c320939908319b6ef07cbe55.html
  1/23/2014
• Stay Out of Trouble with Shoulder Stabilization: Don't Miss the HAGL. Case Studies in Sports Medicine. 
  Dickens JF and Owens BD., Orthopaedics Healio
  http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/news/blogs/%7B4089343a-ed41-4455-82d7-9add6a4d8227%7D/sports-medicine/stay-out-of-trouble-with-shoulder-stabilizationdont-miss-the-hagl
  1/19/2014
• In-season Anterior Shoulder Instability: What is the Risk In Returning to Play? Case Studies in Sports Medicine 
  Dickens JF and Owens BD, Orthopaedics Healio
  http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/blogs/case-studies-in-sportsmedicine/in-season-anterior-shoulder-instability-what-is-the-risk-in-returning-to-play
  1/30/2013