WilliamOliverRobertsMD

PubMed

• Standardising health history and injury surveillance of participants in endurance events: a modified Delphi consensus statement from the AMSSM runner health consortium.
  Adam S Tenforde, Emily Kraus, Stephanie A Kliethermes, Mark A Fontana, Michelle T Barrack
  British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2024-11-07
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  Preventing Exertional Heat Stroke in Football: Time for a Paradigm Shift.
  Scott A Anderson, E Randy Eichner, Scott Bennett, Barry P Boden, Bob Colgate
  Sports Health. 2024-06-14
• Every Picture Tells A Story: Managing Exertional Heatstroke with Rotating Ice Water Towels.
  William O Roberts
  Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2024-05-01

Journal Articles

• Recommendations to Optimize Health in Youth Runners  
  Tenforde A, Roberts WO, Krabek BJ, A, Davis IS, Frederickson M, Luke A, Ackerman K, Strength and Conditions Journal, 1/21/2019
• Medical encounters at mass community-based endurance sport events: An international consensus statement on definitions and methodology of recording and reporting data  
  Schwellnus M, Kipps C, Roberts WO, Drezner JA, d�Hemecourt P, Troyanos C, Janse Van Rensburg DC, Killops J, Borresen J, Harrast M, Adami PE, Bermon S,Bigard X, Miglior..., Brit J Sports Med, 1/1/2019
• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine: 2019 Position Statement on Concussion in Sport  
  Harmon KG, Clugston JR, Dec K, Hainline B, Herring SA, Kane S, Kontos AP, Leddy JJ, McCrea MA, Poddar SK, Putukian M, Wilson JC, Roberts WO, Brit J Sport Med; Clin J Sport Med; J Sports Med, 1/1/2019
• Running USA Best Practice Guide: Medical Operations for Road Races  
  Roberts WO, Running USA, 1/1/2019
• Application of evidence-based recommendations for heat acclimation: Individual and team sport perspectives  
  Pryor JL, Johnson E, Roberts WO, Pryor R, Temperature, 1/13/2018
• Active Voice: Exertional Heat Stroke � Sad Lessons Learned from 100 Hunting Dogs  
  Roberts WO, Sports Medicine Bulletin, American College of Sports Medicine, 1/6/2018
• Running Causes Knee Osteoarthritis: Myth or Misunderstanding  
  Roberts WO, Brit J Sports Med. Br J Sports Med, 1/1/2018
• Letter from the Leadership  
  Roberts WO, Endurance and Sports Medicine, 1/1/2018
• Climate Change: What every physician should know  
  Baird M, Demorest S, Kerr R, Menzel M, Potter T, Peterson P, Roberts WO, Snyder BD, Minnesota Physician, 1/1/2018
• Concussion in Ice Hockey: Current Gaps and Future Directions in an Objective Diagnosis  
  Smith AM, Stuart MJ, Roberts WO, Dodick D, Finnoff J, Jorgensen JK, Krause DA, Clin J Sport Med, 1/10/2017
• National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Fluid Replacement for the Physically Active  
  McDermott B, Anderson S, Armstrong L, Casa D, Cheuvront S, Cooper L, Kenney WL, O'Connor FA, Roberts WO, 1/1/2017
• Optimizing Marathon Race Safety Using an Incident Command Post Strategy  
  Yao KV, Troyanos C, D�Hemecourt P, Roberts WO, Curr Sports Med Rep., 1/1/2017
• Exertional heat stroke and the evolution of field care: A physician�s perspective  
  Roberts WO, Temperature, 1/1/2017
• Long Term Marathon Running Is Associated with Low Coronary Plaque Formation in Women  
  Roberts WO, Schwartz RS, Kraus SM, Schwartz JG, Peichel G, Garberich RF, Lesser JR, Oesterle SN, Wickstrom KK, Knickelbine T, Harris KM, Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1/1/2017
• Diagnosing dehydration? Blend evidence with clinical observations  
  Armstrong LE, Kavouras SA, Walsh NP, Roberts WO, Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, 1/1/2016
• AMSSM Position Statement on Cardiovascular Preparticipation Screening in Athletes: Current Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, Recommendations and Future Directions  
  Drezner JA, O�Connor FG, Harmon KG, Fields KB, Asplund CA, Asif IM, Price DE, Dimeff RJ, Bernhardt DT, Roberts WO, Curr Sports Med Rep; Clin J Sport Med; Br J Sports Med, 1/1/2016
• Editorial: Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening - Finding Middle Ground  
  Roberts WO, Cur Sports Med Rep., 1/1/2016
• Recurrent Heat Stroke in a Runner: Race Simulation Testing for Return-to-Activity  
  Roberts WO, Dorman JC, Bergeron MF, Med Sci Sport Excerc., 1/1/2016
• Preparticipation Physical Evaluations: A requirement for high school athletes  
  Roberts WO, Glover L, Minnesota Health Care News, 1/1/2016
• Heat Tolerance and Race Simulation Testing: Tools for Safe Return from Heat Stroke" (in reply to "Look beyond Thermoregulation and Hydration in the Diagnosis of Heat S...  
  Roberts WO, Dorman JC, Bergeron MF, Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1/1/2016
• Response to Letter: Recurrent Heat Stroke in a Runner: Race Simulation Testing for Return to Activity - Race Simulation Testing: An additional tool for Return to Activ...  
  Roberts WO, Dorman JC, Bergeron MF, Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1/1/2016
• Is post-event intravenous hydration an appropriate service at endurance competitions?  
  Hoffman MD, Hew-Butler T, Roberts WO, Rogers IR, Rosner MH, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 1/1/2016
• Inadequate hydration or normal body fluid homeostasis?  
  Hew-Butler T, Rosner MH, Fowkes-Godek S, Dugas JP, Hoffman MD, Lewis DP, Maughan RJ, Miller KC, Montain SJ, Rehrer NJ, Roberts WO, Rogers IR, Siegel AJ, Stuempfle KJ, ..., American Journal of Public Health, 1/13/2015
• Heat Stroke vs Arrhythmic Death: Life-Threatening Events During Endurance Sports  
  Roberts WO, 1/8/2015
• Medical Clearance for Desert and Land Sports, Adventure, and Endurance Events  
  Sedgwick PE, Wortley GC, Wright JM, Asplund C, Roberts WO, Usman S, Clin J Sport Med., 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

• Exercise and Sports Cardiology Vol 3: Exercise Risks, Cardiac Arrhythmias, and Unusual Problems in Athletes 
  Chapter: Emergency Cardiac Care of Athletes (Chap 21). 
  Roberts WOEditors: Thompsons PA, Fernandez AB.World Scientific, Hackensack, NJ2018
• Preparation and management of mass participation endurance sporting events (Version 1.0). 
  Roberts WOUpToDate, UpToDate, Inc.2017
• Netter�s Sports Medicine: The Team Physician�s Handbook 
  Chapter: Management of Mass Participation Events (Chapter 97: 736-743). 
  Roberts WOEditors: Madden C, Putukian M, McCarty E, and Young C.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2017
• Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity 
  Chapter: Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Death in Mass Participation Sporting Events (Chapter 16). 
  Roberts WOEditors: Casa DJ and Stearns RL.Jones & Bartlett, Sudbury, MAEdition 2nd,2016
• Textbook of Running Injuries. 
  Chapter: Distance Running Events: Medical Coverage (Chapter 39). 
  Cianca JC, Roberts WOEditors: Wilder R, O'Connor F, Magrum E.Healthy Learning, Monterey, CAEdition 2nd,2014
• Pediatric Sports Medicine � Essentials for Office Evaluation 
  Chapter: Environmental Factors: Heat, Cold, Altitude, Humidity, and Anaphylaxis (Chapter 10). 
  Waibel NA, Roberts WOEditors: Koutures C and Wong V.SLACK Inc, Thorofare, NJ2014
• Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity. 
  Chapter: Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Death in Mass Participation Sporting Events (Chapter 15). 
  Ronneberg KR, Roberts WOEditors: Casa DJ.Jones & Bartlett, Sudbury, MA2011
• Handbook of Sports Medicine and Athlete Health 
  Chapter: Primary Care Sports Medicine (Chapter 3). 
  Page 39 - 46Roberts WOEditors: Moorman CT, Kirkendall DT, Echemendia RJ.Preager, ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA2011
• Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine 
  Chapter: Injuries in Marathons. 
  Page 839 - 844Roberts WOEditors: Micheli LJ.SAGE Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA2011
• Preparticipation Physical Evaluation 
  Editors: Bernhardt DT and Roberts WO.American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, ILEdition 4th,2010
• Sports Cardiology Essentials: Evaluation, Management and Case Studies. 
  Chapter: The Collapsed Athlete. (Chapter 8) 
  Malik S, Chiampas G, Roberts WOEditors: Lawless CE.Springer Science+Business Media2010
• Netter�s Sports Medicine: The Team Physician�s Handbook. 
  Chapter: Management of Mass Participation Events. (Chapter 80) 
  Roberts WOEditors: Madden C, Putukian M, McCarty E, and Young C.Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA2009
• Pollock�s Textbook of Cardiovascular Disease and Rehabilitation 
  Chapter: Deep Vein Thrombosis. (Chapter 34) 
  Roberts WOEditors: Durstine JL, Moore GE, LaMonte MJ, and Franklin BA.Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL2008
• Sports Med 
  Chapter: Special Issue: The Science and Medicine of the Marathon Conference Proceedings 
  Editors: Roberts WO Guest Editor.2007
• International Association of Athletics Federations Competition Medical Handbook For Track and Field and Road Racing. A Practical Guide. 
  Chapter: Part II Medical Management and Administration Manual for Long Distance Road Racing. 
  Page 45 - 81Roberts WOEditors: Brown C and Gudjonsson B.Imprimerie Multiprint, MonacoEdition Thir,2006
• Bull�s Handbook of Sports Injuries 
  Editors: Roberts WO.McGraw Hill, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2004
• Bull�s Handbook of Sports Injuries 
  Chapter: Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy for the Injured Athlete. 
  Page 15 - 24Roberts WOEditors: Roberts WO.McGraw Hill, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2004
• Bull�s Handbook of Sports Injuries 
  Chapter: Endurance Training 
  Page 109 - 118Roberts WOEditors: Roberts WO.McGraw Hill, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2004
• Bull�s Handbook of Sports Injuries 
  Chapter: Heat and Cold Injuries. 
  Page 385 - 404Roberts WOEditors: Roberts WO.McGraw Hill, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2004
• Bull�s Handbook of Sports Injuries 
  Chapter: Track and Field Injuries. 
  Page 617 - 636Quinn R and Roberts WOEditors: Roberts WO.McGraw Hill, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2004
• Bull�s Handbook of Sports Injuries 
  Chapter: Lacrosse. 
  Page 741 - 752Bartlett B, Cress D, Bull RC, and Roberts WOEditors: Roberts WO.McGraw Hill, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2004
• Winter Sports Injuries 
  Chapter: Cold Injury. 
  Page 61 - 80Roberts WOEditors: Moeller JL and Rifat SF.McGraw Hill, New York, NY2004
• Preparticipation Physical Evaluation 
  Boyajian LA, Cardone D, Dexter W, Difiori J, Fields KB, Jones D, Pallay R, Reed F, Roberts WO, Small E, Wroble R, and Zinni PMcGraw Hill, Minneapolis, MNEdition 3rd,2004
• Exertional Heat Illnesses 
  Chapter: Considerations for the medical staff: Preventing, identifying, and treating exertional heat illness. 
  Casa DJ, Roberts WOEditors: Armstrong LE.Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL2003
• Conn�s Current Therapy 2002. 
  Chapter: Disturbances due to Heat. 
  Editors: Rackel and Bope.WB Saunders2002
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Abstracts/Posters

• Prevalence Of Rash Suspicious For Tinea Among Minnesota High School Wrestlers -2017-18 Season.
  Berg MA, Roberts WO, Annual Meeting ACSM Research Posters, Minneapolis, MN, 1/1/2018
• The Piggy Back Sign: Hip Fracture in a Runner.
  Weber J, Hu C, Roberts WO, Lane KR, Stovitz SD, Annual Meeting ACSM Clinical Case; Med SciSports Exerc., Denver, CO, 1/1/2017
• Dizziness � Runner.
  Honsvall AM. Roberts WO, Lane KR, Annual Meeting ACSM Clinical Case; Med SciSports Exerc., Denver, CO, 1/1/2017
• A research intensive course to improve faculty scholarship.
  Buffington ALH, Lange CJ, Nanney MS, Okuyemi K, Roberts WO, Hoefer C, North American Primary Care Research Group 2016 Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, 1/1/2016
• Knee Pain That Wasn�t in a Twin Cities Marathon Finisher.
  Roberts WO, Ryan MC, Macalena JA, Stovitz SD, Annual Meeting ACSM Clinical Case, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Causes of Pre-Race Dropout among Registered Entrants for the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.
  Scofield K, Roberts WO, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Oh, By the Way: An Unusual Case of Lower Leg Pain in a Football Player Evaluated for Concussion.
  Grothe H, Brever N, Roberts WO, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2014
• Can Trauma Trigger or Accelerate an Inflammatory Arthritis?
  Grothe H, Roberts WO, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2013
• Incidence of sudden cardiac death in Minnesota high school athletes 1993-2010.
  Roberts WO, Poster Session 5. Federation Intenationale de Medicine du Sport (FIMS), Rome, Italy, 1/1/2012
• Coronary artery plaque in elite women marathon runners compared to sedentary controls: Coronary CTA analysis.
  Wickstrom K, Garbarich RF, Duval S, Widenburg D, Oesterlie SC, Roberts WO, Lesser JR, Harris KM, Schwartz RS, American Heart Association Annual Meeting, 1/1/2011
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death in United States Marathons.
  Webner D, Drezner J, Horneff J, Roberts WO, Br J Sports Med, 1/1/2011
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death in United States Marathons.
  Webner D, Drezner J, Horneff J, Roberts WO, Clin J Sport Med, 1/1/2010
• Back Injury � Soccer.
  Roberts KL, Roberts WO, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting; Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1/1/2010
• Does elite athleticism enhance or inhibit coronary artery plaque formation?
  Schwartz JG, Merkel-Kraus S, Duval S, Peichel G, Pink V, Lesser JR, Knickelbine T, Flygenring B, Long T, Roberts WO, Osterlie SC, Pastorious C, Schwartz RS, American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting; J Am Col Card, 1/1/2010
• The Influence of Scheduling-Induced Fatigue on Injury Rates at the USA Soccer Cup.
  Waibel, Nathan, Roberts WO, Lunos S, Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1/1/2009
• Management of concussion in Bantam youth hockey.
  Tapper D, Roberts WO, Knopp W, Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1/1/2008
• The Contribution of Science in Preventing the Diseases of Inactivity in Developing Countries - Life Long Sport and Exercise as Medicine.
  Roberts WO, 11th International Olympic Committee Sport for All 2006 World Congress, Havana, Cuba, 1/1/2006
• Determining the risk of concussion in youth ice hockey.
  Leonard BJ, Brust JD, Roberts WO, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/1996
• Predicting the risk of injury in youth ice hockey by use of a risk injury scale.
  Leonard BJ, Brust JD, Roberts WO, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/1996
• Incidence of Sudden Death in the Marathon.
  Maron, BJ, Poliac LC, Roberts WO, American Heart Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/1/1994
• Hockey Injuries at Tournaments: Are Girls Different From Boys?
  Brust JD, Leonard BJ, Roberts WO, B Herbert, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/1994
• Abstract: Syncope with Exertion.
  Roberts WO, Med Sci Sports Exerc, Supplement, 1/1/1993
• Head, Neck, and Back Trauma in Young Ice Hockey Players.
  Brust JD, Leonard BJ, Pheley A, Roberts WO, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/1992
• Ice Hockey Injuries in Children.
  Brust JD, Leonard BJ, Pheley A, Roberts WO, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/1992
• Abstract: Amenorrhea and Stress Fracture.
  Roberts WO, Med Sci Sports Exerc, Supplement, 1/1/1992
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Lectures

• Keynote Lecture � Exertional Heat Stroke Recognition and Management in Athletes. 
  Chengdu, China - 1/1/2019
• Invited Lecture - Medical Education in the United States. 
  Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, China - 1/1/2019
• Wellness and Life Balance for Sports Medicine Providers. 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2019
• Cold Environment Related Injuries. 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2019
• Exertional Heat Stroke: Recognition and Treatment in Athletes. 
  Coral Gables, FL - 1/1/2019
• Keynote Lecture - Endurance Medicine: Reducing Fatal and Near Fatal Medical Encounters. 
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2018
• Keynote Lecture - ACSM Exchange Lecture: Concussion Management: "Talk the Talk; Walk the Walk". 
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2018
• Intercontinental Symposium - How Sports Medicine Intersects With Physical Activity and Public Health: Perspective of the ACSM on Exercise is Medicine. 
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2018
• Medical Issues Faced by the Modern Day High Performance Athlete: Exercise in the Heat. 
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2018
• Medical Issues in Marathon Races: Marathon Medical Care and Runner Safety. 
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1/1/2018
• Acute & Long Term Health Risks of Marathon Running. 
  Providence, RI - 1/1/2018
• Optimal Fluid Management for Sport Safety in Children: Performance & Clinical Perspectives. 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2018
• Injury and Injury Prevention in the "State of Hockey": Introduction. 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2018
• Sports Wellness: Future Directions for Medicine, Sleep, & Digital Health: Introduction. 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2018
• Utility of the Preparticipation Physical Evaluation: "A Debate." 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2018
• Exertional Heat Stroke: A Clinical Perspective on a Condition with Complex Etiology & Current Controversies Regarding Prevention & Treatment. 
  San Diego, CA - 1/1/2018
• Sport Specialization: Youth & Long Distance Running. 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2018
• Exertional Heat Stroke: Recognition & Management in Athletes. 
  University of Minnesota - 1/1/2018
• CTE in Sport. 
  Cascais, Portugal - 1/1/2017
• Elite Athlete Health Post-Retirement: Transitioning Out of Competition. 
  Cascais, Potugal - 1/1/2017
• Sudden Cardiac Death in the Marathon. 
  Gotesborgs Varet (Gothenburg Half Marathon) and Center for Health and Performance Goteborg Universit - 1/1/2017
• Primary Intervention Strategies to Reduce Fatal & Near-Fatal Medical Encounters. 
  Georgetown University, Washington, DC - 1/1/2017
• Integrating Science & Clinical Care Into OUR Action Plan: Case Studies (Moderater). 
  Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN - 1/1/2017
• Hockey Medical Providers with Concussion Expertise will Provide Ideas for Potential Solutions (Moderater). 
  Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN - 1/1/2017
• Exertional Heat Illness in Sports. 
  Minneapolis, MN - 1/1/2017
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Other

• Guidelines for Competition in the Heat and Cold. 
  Roberts WO, Minnesota State High School League
  1/1/2017
• Lightning Policy for Postponement and Cancellation. 
  Roberts WO, Minnesota State High School League
  1/1/2017
• Education Scholarship Task Force Report. 
  L. James Nixon, Meghan Walsh, Felix Ankel, Ezgi Tiryaki, Ryan Holton, Andy Skildum, Alan Johns, William O Roberts, Michelle Biros, Jeff Chipman, David Jewison, Steve K..., University of Minnesota Medical School
  1/1/2016
• Marathon Medicine � Demands of Training and Competition, Medical Issues, and Injuries. 
  Roberts WO
  1/1/2016
• Hyperthermia & Heat Illness Recognition & Management in Athletes. 
  Roberts WO
  1/1/2014
• Concussion Guidelines. 
  Roberts WO, Minnesota State High School League
  1/1/1993
• Blood Borne Pathogens. 
  Roberts WO, Minnesota State High School League
  1/1/1992
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