Richard B. Caspari Award
History of the Award
Richard B. Caspari was an innovator, teacher and leader in the field of Arthroscopy.
Beginning at the 2003 ISAKOS Congress in Auckland, New Zealand, a monetary prize in honor of Richard B. Caspari was
awarded to the best upper extremity paper read at the scientific program of the congress.
Learn more about the Richard B. Caspari Award
2023 Boston, UNITED STATES
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First Place
Leukocyte-Poor Platelet Rich Plasma As An Adjuvant Of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repairs Reduces Retears Rates But Does Not Improve Functional Outcomes A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Luciano Rossi, PhD, ARGENTINA
Second Place
Long-term Clinical and Structural Outcomes of Arthroscopic Superior Capsule Reconstruction for Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: 10-year Follow-up
Teruhisa Mihata, MD, PhD, JAPAN
2021 Global Congress
First Place
Increased Glenohumeral Joint Loads Due to A Supraspinatus Tear Can Be Reversed with Rotator Cuff Repair: A Biomechanical Investigation of Joint Preservation
Lukas N. Muench, MD, GERMANY
Second Place
Progression to Glenohumeral Arthritis After Arthroscopic Anterior Stabilization In A Young And High Demand Population
Bobby Yow, MD, UNITED STATES
2019 Cancun, MEXICO
First Place
Glenoid Retroversion Is an Important Factor for Humeral Head Centration and the Biomechanics of Posterior Shoulder Stability
Felix Dyrna, MD GERMANY
Second Place
Prospective Evaluation of Glenoid Bone Loss After First-Time and Recurrent Anterior Glenohumeral Instability Events
Sean E. Slaven, MD UNITED STATES
2017 Shanghai, CHINA
First Place
Individual Shoulder Anatomy and Degenerative Rotator Cuff Tear (RCT): Comparison of Radiographic Parameters of 800 Patients with RCT and 800 Non-Affected
Edoardo Franceschetti, MD ITALY
Second Place
Does Concomitant Biceps Surgery Affect the Outcome of Rotator Cuff Repair?
Bruce S. Miller, MD, MS UNITED STATES
2015 Lyon, FRANCE
First Place
Tight Medial-Knot Tying may Increase the Risk of Re-Tearing After Transosseous Equivalent Repair of Rotator Cuff Tendon
Hirotaka Sano, MD, PhD JAPAN
Second Place
Does Smoking Affect Treatment Allocation and Outcomes in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears?
Bruce S. Miller, MD, MS USA
2013 Toronto, CANADA
First Place (Tie)
Expression Profile of Collagen Genes in Shoulder Instability
Paulo Santoro Belangero, MD BRAZIL
Biomechanical, Cell Biological and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -Morphological Results Comparing Single- and Double-Row
Repair
Mike H. Baums, MD, PhD GERMANY
2011 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
First Place
Stress Distribution inside the Bone after Suture Anchor Insertion – A Simulation Study Using Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method
Hirotaka Sano, MD JAPAN
Second Place
Matrix Metalloproteinase, Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase and Transforming Growth Factor-beta in Frozen Shoulder, and Their
Changes as Response to Active Stretching and Gentle Thawing Exercise
Andri Lubis, MD INDONESIA
2009 Osaka, JAPAN
First Place
Biomechanical Contact Properties of Rotator Cuff Repairs During Passive Arm Movement: Perilously Low Levels Occur with Single Versus
Double-row Repairs
Mark Haber, MD AUSTRALIA
Second Place
Arthroscopic Repair of Cuff Tears with Associated Lesions of the Biceps Tendon: Technique and Results After 3 Years
Roderich Heikenfeld, MD GERMANY
2007 Florence, ITALY
First Place
Description and clinical consequences of the posterosuperior glenohumeral ligament. An unrecognised part of the shoulder capsule
Nichole Pouliart, MD Belgium
Second Place
A Comparison of Open and Arthrscopic Techniques for Closure of the Rotator Interval: Impact on Glenohumeral Stability and Range of Motion
Matthew Provencher, MD USA
2005 Hollywood, USA
First Place
Arthroscopic Single versus Double Row Suture Anchor Rotator Cuff Repair
Augustus Mazzocca, Peter Millett, Stephen Santangelo, Robert Arciero, USA (all authors)
Second Place
Immobilization in External Rotation after Dislocation of the Shoulder: Randomized Clinical Trial
Eiji Itoi, Tatsushi Kamata, Koji Nozaka, Yuji Hatakeyama, Takeshi Sato, Tadato Kido, Hiroshi Minagawa, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Ikuko Wakabayashi, Moto Kobayashi, Hidetomo Saito, JAPAN (all authors)
2003 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
First Place
Spinoglenoid Ligament: Anatomy, Morphology, Histology with Clinical Correlations
Kevin D. Plancher, MD USA
Second Place
The Relative Risk of Glenohumeral Arthritis in Patients with Shoulder Instability
Michelle Cameron, Karen Briggs, Marilee Horan & Richard Hawkins, USA (all authors)
Purpose of the Award
The Richard B. Caspari Award was established with the intention of stimulating and rewarding abstracts and presentations in the subject of the upper extremity.
Application Requirements
To be considered for the Richard B. Caspari Award, applicants must first submit an abstract related to upper extremity for the ISAKOS Congress followed by the online award application. Applicants are required to
provide their curriculum vitae, and agree to provide a manuscript following the
Journal of ISAKOS criteria if selected as a finalist.
Abstracts and award applications must be submitted before September 10, 2024.
Review Process
All abstracts submitted for the Richard B. Caspari Award will be reviewed by members of the ISAKOS Shoulder Committee.
Four finalists will be chosen based upon the quality of the abstract. The four finalists will be invited
to submit a blinded and unblinded manuscript prior to the ISAKOS Congress and must follow the Journal of ISAKOS criteria
by the deadline given. The finalists’ manuscript will be judged using a 30 point scoring system based
on the quality of the manuscript (10 points), the concept originality and
importance (10 points, and experimental design and execution (10 points).
Award
Registration to the ISAKOS Congress will be waived for the four finalists. The first and second place winners will be announced at the ISAKOS Congress, and presented with a framed certificate and an honorarium.
The first place presentation will receive US $2,000 with the second place presentation receiving US $1,500. Both first and second place manuscripts will be submitted for possible publication in Journal of ISAKOS.
Note: Individuals are only permitted to receive one award per Congress, per abstract. ISAKOS award recipients, if not already an ISAKOS Member, are required to become an ISAKOS Member prior to receiving their award.
One year of Membership dues will waived.