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Virtual
Tour
At the heart of the
complex is the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, a part of UPMC Presbyterian
Shadyside, and one of the leading sports medicine facilities in the United
States. The Center is the hub of the UPMC’s Sports Medicine program,
offering a faculty ranked among the top
orthopaedic programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
This state-of-the-art
facility is on the cutting edge of research and treatment, and
features:
- 34 large examination
rooms
- large bore MRI technology
- a full-sized therapeutic
pool
- UPMC-developed
digital radiology workstations that provide high-precision x-ray and
MRI displays, once found only in operating rooms and radiology departments,
in every exam room
- a training and
rehabilitation gym with extensive circuit machines, free weights, and
isokinetic and aerobic equipment
- a Neuromuscular
Research Laboratory, which is designed to study injury prevention
and treatment with the goal of enhancing the clinical practice of sports
medicine as well as assessing human movement for an athlete’s
performance enhancement protocol
- a plyometric training
floor to help recovering athletes regain power and restore quick movement
capabilities
- specialized equipment
and training area to simulate an athlete’s performance requirements
- specialized performance training center
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