Registration Open for U of A Sports Medicine Symposium on March 4

The University of Arkansas 11th annual Razorback Sports Medicine Symposium will take place on campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 4.

The graduate education athletic training program and Northwest Health Physicians' Specialty Hospital present the symposium. It will be in the auditorium on the first floor of the Graduate Education Building.

Registration may be done online. Cost varies by profession, and professional development credit is available.

Speakers will include faculty members from the U of A and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and physical therapists from UAMS and Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine in Dallas.

Students will give research presentations. Melissa Anderson, a second-year master's student in exercise science, will present "A Preliminary Examination of Fear of Re-Injury in High School Athletes with Sport-Related Concussion."

Meredith Morgan, a second-year master's student in athletic training, will present "Opinions of Medical Professionals on the Effectiveness of Three Spine Immobilization Techniques in a Gymnastics Pit." 

Contacts

Heidi S. Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138, heidisw@uark.edu

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