Here are five components of the partnership:
1. The organizations hope to advance research on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries plaguing NBA players.
2. The research will focus on the history of tendinopathy in athletes, anatomic factors leading to tendinopathy and ways to prevent the injury.
3. The partnership expects to push for research on bone stress injuries and articular cartilage injury in the future.
4. John DiFiori, MD, NBA director of Sports Medicine, leads the partnership’s strategic advisory board for research calls.
5. Those answering the calls for research proposals may receive up to $300,000 in grant money.
“Through our research collaboration and call for proposals focused on tendinopathy, we hope to encourage scientists, researchers, doctors and innovators worldwide to bring their talents to this effort…” said Kelly Piacsek, general manager, MR Global Hardware at GE Healthcare.
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