The Bone & Joint Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation Center brings together multiple collaborators at the University of Michigan. Collaborators include the Medical School (led by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, with MedSport, Emergency Department, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, and Geriatrics), School of Kinesiology, College of Engineering (Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering), and School of Public Health. Complementing these collaborations are key units, such as the Transportation Research Institute and Depression Center.
The breadth and depth of these collaborative relations place the University of Michigan among the foremost institutions for integrating musculoskeletal and head injury prevention, treatment and rehabilitation research, and education.
Jenna Craft is a member of the Class of 2009 at Pinckney Community High School. She first tore her ACL at the age of 12 playing basketball for a community league team. Following 15 months of surgery and rehabilitation, she went back to sports, this time girls' soccer, only to tear the ACL in her other knee. Yet another round of surgery and rehabilitation ensued. Today, she devotes her time to studies and soccer as a forward on the Lady Pirates.