Twenty-Five Years of the JOSPT

George J. Davies

DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2004.0106

I am honored and proud to write this 25th Anniversary Edition editorial on behalf of the late Jim Gould and me. I am also proud of the response from our outstanding profession to the vision expressed in the first editorial published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 25 years ago by its cofounders and initial coeditors. That vision was ‘‘to further the understanding of basic sciences as applied to musculoskeletal conditions and to promote justification of clinical procedures in orthopaedic and sports medicine.''1 As Guy Simoneau, the current editor-in-chief of JOSPT, said in his September 2002 editorial,2 ‘‘While the term evidence-based practice was not part of the physical therapy vernacular in 1979, Gould and Davies' vision for the role of JOSPT could not have been more accurate.'' Over the past 25 years, how electrifying it has been to see our profession progress up the ladder of evidence in providing the scientific and clinical rationale for the value and efficacy of our interventions!

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2004; 34(6):281-283. doi:10.2519/jospt.2004.0106

Key Words: JOSPT, anniversary

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