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The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy (JMMT) editorial team is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2010 John Medeiros, Distinguished Authorship Award is ‘Prevalence of Classification Methods for Patients with Lumbar Impairments using the McKenzie Syndromes, Pain Pattern, Manipulation and Stabilization Clinical Prediction Rules’ (JMMT, Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2010) by Mark Werneke, Dennis Hart, Dave Oliver, Troy McGill, David Grigsby, Jason Ward, Jon Weinberg, William Oswald and Guillermo Cutrone.

Left to right: Chad Cook (Editor, JMMT), Guillermo Cutrone (co-author), Dave Oliver (co-author), John Medeiros (founding Editor).

The award is named after the founder of the Journal, John Medeiros, who was Editor-in-Chief for 16 years. It recognises the paper with most impact, that it is felt will most influence clinical practice, and that has the greatest opportunity for citations. The winner is chosen by the editorial team from all eligible papers published in the year.

The prize, sponsored by Maney Publishing, was presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists annual conference in Texas, USA in October.

The winning paper is published in Volume 18 number 4, December 2010. For more information visit www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/jmt

JMMT’s Editor, Chad Cook (Walsh University, USA), commented on the winning paper: “One of the greatest strengths of the paper lies in the potential impact on day-to-day clinical practice. This paper demonstrates that variant forms of classification have significant overlap and that some forms of clinical decision rules lack prevalence in clinical practice.”