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Rick W. Wright is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States and is primarily engaged in the field of Medicine with a focus on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Epidemiology, Rheumatology, and Biomedical Engineering. Their research portfolio includes work across several subfields emphasizing surgical techniques and outcomes, particularly involving knee and shoulder injuries.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

The scientist has contributed extensively to various peer-reviewed journals, frequently publishing in:

  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in High School and College-Aged Athletes: Does Autograft Choice Influence Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Rates?", 2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Race- and Gender-Based Differences in Descriptions of Applicants in the Letters of Recommendation for Orthopaedic Surgery Residency", 2020, JBJS Open Access
  • "Association Between Graft Choice and 6-Year Outcomes of Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the MARS Cohort", 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Meniscal Repair Outcomes at Greater Than 5 Years", 2022, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • "Descriptive Epidemiology From the Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee (ROCK) Prospective Cohort", 2021, The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include Robert H. Brophy, Charles L. Cox, Matthew V. Smith, Eric C. McCarty, and Brian R. Wolf, reflecting ongoing partnerships in advancing clinical and epidemiological aspects of orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine.

Best Publications

  • Enhancement by N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide of water-soluble carbodiimide-mediated coupling reactions.

    James V. Staros;Rick W. Wright;Deborah M. Swingle

  • Surgery versus Physical Therapy for a Meniscal Tear and Osteoarthritis

    Jeffrey N. Katz;Robert H. Brophy;Christine E. Chaisson;Leigh de Chaves

  • How to write a systematic review

    Rick W Wright;Richard A Brand;Warren Dunn;Kurt P Spindler

  • Clinical practice. Anterior cruciate ligament tear.

    Kurt P. Spindler;Rick W. Wright

  • Ultrasonography of the rotator cuff. A comparison of ultrasonographic and arthroscopic findings in one hundred consecutive cases

    Sharlene Teefey;S. Hasan;William Middleton;Mihir Patel

  • Descriptive epidemiology of the Multicenter ACL Revision Study (MARS) cohort.

    Rick W Wright;Laura J Huston;Kurt P Spindler

  • Allograft Versus Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Predictors of Failure From a MOON Prospective Longitudinal Cohort

    Christopher C. Kaeding;Brian Aros;Angela Pedroza;Eric Pifel

  • Return to Play and Future ACL Injury Risk After ACL Reconstruction in Soccer Athletes From the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Group

    Robert H. Brophy;Leah Schmitz;Rick W. Wright;Warren R. Dunn

  • Ipsilateral graft and contralateral ACL rupture at five years or more following ACL reconstruction: a systematic review

    Rick W. Wright;Robert A. Magnussen;Warren R. Dunn;Kurt P. Spindler

  • Meniscal Repair Outcomes at Greater Than Five Years: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

    Jeffrey J. Nepple;Warren R. Dunn;Rick W. Wright

  • Effectiveness of physical therapy in treating atraumatic full-thickness rotator cuff tears: a multicenter prospective cohort study

    John E Kuhn;Warren R Dunn;Rosemary Sanders;Qi An

  • Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review.

    L.M. Kruse;B. Gray;R.W. Wright

  • Outcome of revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review

    Rick W. Wright;Corey S. Gill;Ling Chen;Robert H. Brophy

  • Periacetabular osteotomy: a systematic literature review.

    John C. Clohisy;Amanda L. Schutz;Lauren St. John;Perry L. Schoenecker

  • Lower extremity-specific measures of disability and outcomes in orthopaedic surgery.

    Matthew V Smith;Sandra E Klein;John C Clohisy;Geneva R Baca

  • Disorders of the long head of the biceps tendon.

    Navin Sethi;Rick Wright;Ken Yamaguchi

  • Risk of Tearing the Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the Contralateral Knee and Rupturing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Graft During the First 2 Years After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction A Prospective MOON Cohort Study

    Rick W. Wright;Warren R. Dunn;Annunziato Amendola;Jack T. Andrish

  • Effect of Graft Choice on the Outcome of Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Multicenter ACL Revision Study (MARS) Cohort

    Rick W. Wright;Laura J. Huston;Amanda K. Haas

  • Are Articular Cartilage Lesions and Meniscus Tears Predictive of IKDC, KOOS, and Marx Activity Level Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction? A 6-Year Multicenter Cohort Study

    Charles L. Cox;Laura J. Huston;Warren R. Dunn;Emily K. Reinke

  • The prognosis and predictors of sports function and activity at minimum 6 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a population cohort study.

    Kurt P. Spindler;Laura J. Huston;Rick W. Wright;Christopher C. Kaeding

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt P. Spindler
Kurt P. Spindler Cleveland Clinic
Robert G. Marx
Robert G. Marx Hospital for Special Surgery
Annunziato Amendola
Annunziato Amendola University of Iowa
Brian J. Cole
Brian J. Cole Rush University Medical Center
John C. Clohisy
John C. Clohisy Washington University in St. Louis
Bernard R. Bach
Bernard R. Bach Rush University Medical Center
Linda J. Sandell
Linda J. Sandell Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffrey N. Katz
Jeffrey N. Katz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elena Losina
Elena Losina Brigham and Women's Hospital
Scot T. Martin
Scot T. Martin Harvard University

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