2016 JOSPT Awards: Additive Effects and Biological Mechanisms of Interventions Offer Important Insights

During the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting in San Antonio, TX in February 2017, JOSPT recognized the authors of the most outstanding research and clinical practice manuscripts published in JOSPT during 2016. The 2016 JOSPT Excellence in Research Award was presented to Carol A. Courtney, Alana D. Steffen, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, John Kim, and Samuel J. Chmell, MD, for their March 2016 article "Joint Mobilization Enhances Mechanisms of Conditioned Pain Modulation in Individuals With Osteoarthritis of the Knee." The 2016 George J. Davies-James A. Gould Excellence in Clinical Inquiry Award was presented to Seyda Toprak Celenay, Turkan Akbayrak, and Derya Ozer Kaya for their February 2016 article "A Comparison of the Effects of Stabilization Exercises Plus Manual Therapy to Those of Stabilization Exercises Alone in Patients With Nonspecific Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial." J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(4):225-227. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.0104.