Sports Medicine
Inside Peyton Manning’s surgery – CNN Comments by Dr. Maroon
September 9, 2011 at 12:55 pmCNN Health article and interview of Dr. Maroon from September 9, 2011 following Peyton Manning’s cervical spine surgery.
It’s realistic for Manning to come back to playing in eight to 12 weeks, says Dr. Joseph C. Maroon, a neurosurgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Maroon did not treat Manning, but has operated on five NFL athletes and five professional wrestlers.
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11 common dietary supplements explained Women’s Day Interview Dr. Maroon
September 7, 2011 at 1:02 pmWomen’s Day Magazine asks Dr. Maroon and other nutrition experts about 11 common dietary supplements in the September 7th, 2011 issue.
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Dick’s Sporting Goods Commits to Screen One Million Young Athletes
August 15, 2011 at 11:19 amPR Aug 2, 2011 Dick’s Sporting Goods Commits to Screen One Million Young Athletes in Largest Concussion Baseline Testing Initiative Ever: PACE Program Aims to Provide Awareness, Education and Concussion Testing With the Help of Pro Football Legend Jerome Bettis and ImPACT
Dick’s Sporting Goods has a goal of funding (concussion) screening for one million young athletes, and through the support of the public, now through September 12, they will donate $1 to the PACE Program for every pair of athletic shoes purchased in any of its 449 U.S. stores or online at DicksSportingGoods.com.
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Dick’s Sporting Goods to help fund concussion tests
August 15, 2011 at 11:14 amImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) is a computerized 20-minute test which, when compared to a baseline test, can determine whether and to what degree an athlete has been impaired by a concussion.
It was created in the 1990s by UPMC neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and expanded and computerized by Mark Lovell and Micky Collins, neuropsychologists who direct UPMC’s sports medicine concussion program.
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Dr Maroon Interview on NFL Concussions
August 15, 2011 at 11:09 amAugust 7, 2011 – The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register Dr. Maroon and Concussion
What the NFL, what high schools and colleges are focusing on now is No. 1, identifying the concussion when it has occurred, which in the past quite frankly has been overlooked, and No. 2, not returning these individuals until the brain’s had the opportunity to recover.
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