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Journal Articles

• The Team Physician and Strength and Conditioning of Athletes for Sports: A Consensus Statement  
  Franks RR, et al, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1/1/2015
• Selected Issues for Nutrition and the Athlete: A Consensus Statement  
  Franks RR, et al, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1/1/2013
• Position Statement of National Athletic Trainers Association on Preventing Sudden Death in Secondary School Athletes  
  Franks RR, et al, Journal of Athletic Training, 1/1/2013
• Definition of a Team Physician: A Consensus Statement -2013 Update  
  Franks RR, et al, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1/1/2013
• Position Statement of National Athletic Trainers Association on Performance Enhancing Substances  
  Franks RR, et al, Journal of Athletic Training, 1/1/2013
• Sideline Preparedness and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement -2012 Update  
  Franks RR, et al, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1/1/2012
• Return to Play and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement -2012 Update  
  Franks RR, et al, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1/1/2012
• Position Statement of National Athletic Trainers Association on Preventing Sudden Death in Sport  
  Franks RR, et al, Journal of Athletic Training, 1/1/2012
• Concussion (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) and the Team Physician: A Consensus Statement -2011 Update  
  Franks RR, et al, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 1/1/2011
• School of Hard Knocks – Current Concepts in Concussion Management  
  Franks RR, The Journal of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, 1/1/2006
• Power Hungry: Student Athletes and Their Growing Use of Performance Enhancing Substances  
  Franks RR, The Journal of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters

• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine 
  Chapter: Achilles Tendon Ruptures 
  Page 12.0 - 13.0Franks RREditors: Sage Publications.Los Angeles, CA2011
• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine 
  Chapter: Shoulder Subluxation 
  Page 1313. - 1315.Franks RREditors: Sage Publications.Los Angeles, CA2011
• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine 
  Chapter: Skin Conditions in Wrestling 
  Page 1325. - 1328.Franks RREditors: Sage Publications.Los Angeles, CA2011
• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine 
  Chapter: Wrestling Injures 
  Page 1552. - 1557.Franks RREditors: Sage Publications.Los Angeles, CA2011
• Osteopathic Clinical Joint Exam 
  Chapter: The Foot and Ankle Exam 
  Page 147.0 - 162.0Franks RR and Lambert KCEditors: American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine.Madison, WI2010
• Essential Evidence 
  Chapter: Pre-Participation Physical Examination 
  Barry H, Lambert KC, Franks RREditors: Ebell MH, Ferenchick G, Smith M, Barry H, Slawson D, Shaughnessy A, Forsch R, Li S, Wilkes M, Usatine R.John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ2009
• Preventing Injury in New Jersey: Priorities for Action 
  Chapter: Sports, Recreation and Exercise 
  Page 28.0 - 31.0Franks RR, et alEditors: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.2008
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Abstracts/Posters

• Current Concepts in the Office Treatment of the Concussed Athlete
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine Annual Conference/Brain Injury Association of New Jersey 33rd Annual Seminar/Pinnacle Orthopedics Sports Medicine Conference/Maple Shade High School Presents: Concussion Awareness Current Concepts of Traumat, Multiple locations, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 1/1/2015
• Concussion Biomarkers
  Franks RR, Apollo Sports Medicine Conference, Cleveland, OH, 1/1/2015
• Performance Enhancing Substances: The Physician’s Dilemma
  Franks RR, Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 1/1/2015
• Stability of effort across comprehensive neuropsychological assessment in youth following sports-related concussion
  Smyk N, Chase D, Schatz P, Franks RR, American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine Annual Conference/3rd Annual Conference of the Sports Neuropsychology Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015; Atlanta, Georgia, 2015, 1/1/2015
• Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Field: Concussions
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Annual Medical Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2014
• IOC/USA Wrestling
  Franks RR, Mid-Atlantic Student Sports Medicine Conference/Rowan-SOM Student Symposium, Stratford, NJ, 2014; Stratford, NJ, 2014, 1/1/2014
• Recognizing and Managing Musculoskeletal Conditions in CMV Operators
  Franks RR, Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 1/1/2014
• Dermatological Conditions in Athletics
  Franks RR, Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 1/1/2014
• Concussion Assessment Workshop
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 1/1/2014
• Vestibular Therapy in Concussion Management
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Annual Medical Conference and Exposition, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2013
• Recognizing and Managing Musculoskeletal Conditions in CMV Operators
  Franks RR, Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Conference/NJAOPS Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 2013; Mount Laurel, NJ, 2013, 1/1/2013
• Dermatological Conditions in Athletics
  Franks RR, Mid-Atlantic Student Sports Medicine Conference, Stratford, NJ, 1/1/2013
• Orthopedic Sports Medicine Emergencies
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, 1/1/2013
• Rehabilitation of the Concussed Athlete
  Franks RR, Rothman Institute/Philadelphia Phillies Sports Medicine Symposium 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2013
• Update on the Concussion Evaluation
  Franks RR, Rothman Institute/Philadelphia Phillies Sports Medicine Symposium 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2013
• Descriptive Analysis of a Concussion Study Sample Group with Use of Amantadine as a Recovery Agent
  Stache, S. Close, J. Franks R. Levy, E., Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, 1/1/2013
• Weight Loss Practices in Wrestling
  Franks RR, Sports Medicine Symposium 2012: Treatment of the Injured Athlete, Boston, MA, 1/1/2012
• Concussions in Youth Sports
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Annual Medical Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
• Youth Wrestling Weight Class Considerations
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Annual Medical Conference and Exposition, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
• Examination of the Knee
  Franks RR, American Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine Annual Conference/UMDNJ Sports Medicine Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 2010; Stratford, NJ, 2012, 1/1/2012
• Treatment of Post Concussion Syndrome Symptoms
  Franks RR, Rothman Institute/Philadelphia Eagles Sports Medicine Symposium 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2012
• Sideline Treatment of the Concussed Athlete
  Franks RR, Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society Meeting/American Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine Annual Conference, Clearwater, FL, 2012; Louisville, KY, 2012, 1/1/2012
• Concussion Evaluation on the Field and in the Training Room
  Franks RR, Rothman Institute/Philadelphia Phillies Sports Medicine Symposium 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2012
• Post Concussion Syndrome
  Franks RR, Sports Medicine Symposium 2011: Treatment of the Injured Athlete, Boston, MA, 1/1/2011
• On Field Concussion Evaluation
  Franks RR, Rothman Institute/Philadelphia Eagles Sports Medicine Symposium 2011, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

• Intra-articular Joint Injections 
  Stratford, NJ - 1/1/2012
• Weight Loss Practices in Wrestling 
  Voorhees, NJ, 2006; Orlando, FL, 2011 - 1/1/2011
• Care of the Diabetic Athlete 
  Voorhees, NJ, 2007; Anaheim, CA, 2010; San Francisco, CA, 2010 - 1/1/2010
• Current Concepts in the Treatment of the Concussed Athlete – A Review of the Zurich 2008 Meeting 
  Cleveland, OH, 2009, Collingswood, NJ, 2009; Stratford, NJ, 2010 - 1/1/2010
• Prolotherapy 
  Collingswood, NJ - 1/1/2009
• Concussion 
  Multiple locations, 2005, 2006, 2008 - 1/1/2008
• ImPACT Testing in Concussion Management 
  Voorhees, NJ - 1/1/2007
• Common Issues in Upper Extremity Sports Medicine 
  Cherry Hill, NJ - 1/1/2007
• When the Headache Is Not Concussion 
  Voorhees, NJ - 1/1/2007
• Eye Injuries in Athletics 
  Voorhees, NJ - 1/1/2006
• Common Skin Infections in Athletics 
  Voorhees, NJ - 1/1/2005
• Performance Enhancing Substances 
  Voorhees, NJ, 2005; Atlantic City, NJ, 2005 - 1/1/2005
• Concussion: A Ding Is No Longer A Ding 
  Voorhees, NJ - 1/1/2004
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Other

• The Worst Part About Recovering From a Concussion 
  Franks RR, The Atlantic
  1/1/2015
• The DO, For the Love of the Game: DO Team Physicians on Highs, Lows of Their Craft 
  Franks RR
  1/1/2014
• Concussions 
  Franks RR, NBC-10, 10 at Issue
  1/1/2014
• Sports Radio Talk Eagles Pre-Game Show on Concussion 
  Franks RR, WIP Radio
  1/1/2012
• Head-Smart Spirit 
  Franks RR, Philadelphia Inquirer
  1/1/2012
• Concussions: It’s Really a Scary Thing 
  Franks RR, Courier Post
  1/1/2011
• Concussion Management 
  Franks RR, Lenape School District School Channel
  1/1/2011
• Concussion and General Sports Injuries 
  Franks RR, CBS-3
  1/1/2010
• Sports Radio Talk on Concussion 
  Franks RR, WIP Radio
  1/1/2010
• Concussion 
  Franks RR, WPVI-TV, Six O’Clock News
  1/1/2010
• Concussion Management and General Sports Injuries 
  Franks RR, WPSJ-TV, Sports Doctor
  1/1/2009
• General Sports Injuries 
  Franks RR, WPSJ-TV, Sports Doctor
  1/1/2008
• Concussions Can Be Head Trips For Kids 
  Franks RR, Gloucester County Times
  1/1/2007
• Feature Concussion Article 
  Franks RR, Courier Post
  1/1/2006
• ACL and Meniscal Injuries 
  Franks RR, WPSJ-TV, Sports Doctor
  1/1/2005
• General Sports Injuries and Steroids 
  Franks RR, WPSJ-TV, Sports Doctor
  1/1/2005
• South Jersey Students Use Steroids 
  Franks RR, Courier Post
  1/1/2005
• Steroid Use and Adolescents 
  Franks RR, WPHL-TV, WB News at 10:00
  1/1/2005
• Maxillofacial Injuries in Athletics 
  Franks RR, Osteopathic Family Physician News
  1/1/2005
• Allen Iverson’s Thumb Injury 
  Franks RR, WCAU-TV, Five O’Clock News
  1/1/2004
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