NBA forms new committee to improve 'long-term health and wellness of players'

_GB · Jul 8, 2015

After a season marred by high-profile injuries to star players, the NBA has formed a committee to promote research into player health.

Last season, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, Paul George, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, DeMar DeRozan and Joakim Noah each missed at least 15 games with injuries.
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Silver identified the need for such a program in late 2013 and has worked to assemble a team of respected physicians in coordination with NBA Associate Vice President David Weiss.

Dr. John DiFiori, the NBA director of sports medicine and a former president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, will chair the new panel.

"It's a partnership that makes a lot of sense from a research standpoint," DiFiori told ESPN.com. "Our particular interest in research is that we're focused on musculoskeletal issues, such as hamstring pulls, torn ligaments, herniated disks. The overuse injuries -- soft-tissue injuries in particular -- are probably not getting the attention that they need to. They can evolve into significant impact on the players' careers. We want to make sure that is a big part of our advisory board and promote that as an area of active research."
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