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25824
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Kevin Guskiewicz is the director of Carolina’s Sports Medicine Research Laboratory and studies the long-term consequences of football injuries. Guskiewicz is finishing a study of head trauma in college football players. It’s the first research project to ever use state-of-the-art technology to study head trauma during live practices and games.
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8307
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In 1975, Wilson native Ronnie Barnes became the first graduate of East Carolina University's athletic training program. By 1980, he was the head athletic trainer of the New York Giants, an NFL team. Today he is vice-president of medical services for the team, making him the go-to man for player conditioning, rehabilitation, injury recovery, and overall health. He is not a medical doctor, but he heads a staff of physicians, athletic trainers, and specialists who work for him.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 3, Spring 2006,
p12-15, il, por
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8308
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Lisa Rowland Callahan received her medical degree from East Carolina University in 1987. Today she is considered one of New York's best sports medicine doctors. She is the medical director of the Women's Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, where she sees professional and recreational athletes. She is also director of player care for the New York Knicks NBA team and the New York Liberty WNBA team.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 4 Issue 3, Spring 2006,
p16-19, il, por
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26062
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Kevin Guskiewicz is research director of UNC’s new Center for the Study of Retired Athletes. He investigates how repeated concussions are associated with the early onset of diseases and neurological disorders. In his upcoming study, Guskiewicz will send a survey to retired professional players to identify the most pressing health problems of retired players and to help set priorities for research.
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28361
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Physical therapists and injured athletes who visit the Duke’s Sports Medicine Clinic talk about the effects of the fitness revolution. Exercising and playing sports carries risks for injury as can a person’s gender, physical conditioning, body size, psychological makeup, intelligence, and sporting equipment. The biggest reason for the increase in injuries is that more people are participating in sports more frequently.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 4, January 1992,
p9-11
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