The University of New England’s Wicked Good Sports Medicine Symposium provides a forum for interaction between experts on various current sports medicine topics, contributes to identification of new approaches to problems in sports medicine through interactions with scientists and clinicians, and gives professionals and students the opportunity to review and discuss scientific research related to the topics. The symposium is open to the public; audiences have included scientists, professionals, practitioners, students, and others interested in the topics of sports medicine, health, and wellness.
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Wicked Good Sports Medicine Symposium 2013 Presentations Video
Lara Carlson, W. Larry Kenney, Michael S. Davis, Christopher A. Toth, Barry Braun, Sean Welsh, Tamara King, and William J. Kraemer
2013 sports medicine symposium at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Presenters and topics included:
W. Larry Kenney: Heat Related Deaths in Athletes; Michael S. Davis: Metabolic Lessons from the World’s Best Endurance Athletes; Christopher A. Toth: Form Dictates Function; Barry Braun: Interactions Between Pharmacology and Exercise to Prevent Type-2 Diabetes; Sean Walsh: Muscle Mass and Strength: Is it the “Gym” or my “Genes”?; Tamara King: Moving Towards a Better Understanding of Advanced Osteoarthritis Pain; William J. Kraemer: Resistance Training: Mythologies, Anecdotes, and Facts in the Search for Achieving Maximal Performance.
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Wicked Good Sports Medicine Symposium 2012 Program
Lara Carlson, Daniel E. Lieberman, Samuel Headley, Stella L. Volpe, J. Timothy Lightfoot, Samuel N. Cheuvront, and David Epstein
2012 sports medicine symposium at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Presenters and topics included:
Daniel E. Lieberman: Why Exercise Really is Medicine (An Evolutionary Explanation); Samuel Headley: Exercise and Chronic Kidney Disease; Stella L. Volpe: Prevention of Weight Gain in a Large Portion Society; J. Timothy Lightfoot: Can You Be Born a Couch Potato? The Genetics that Control Your Physical Activity; Samuel N. Cheuvront: Answers to 10 Common Questions about Hydration; David Epstein: Missing the Phenotypes for the Genotypes.