ve THE oa oe THER Diss S ty Afr ne © p.* , 7 Fe a) 4 $e TG ‘eo a r Bi Bet Wednesday, Pass oe Teas: ie eisaeiee Help, Before it Hurts} ™ with Thermography Good preventive medicine ‘and being able to diagnose i; injuries early are vitally im- rtd portant practices for athleti- | j. e000) 33453) heer may be a- ble to help. Dr. Eric Banister and Dr. Murray Allen of Siman Fra- ser University’s Kinesiology department are currently. conducting research with a Hi thermography unit to deter- TeeeEeTaet sis of athletic injuries. Thermography, a_ tech- nique used widely in the detection of breast cancer, measures variations in heat transmitted by various re- gions of the body. Heat sensors transform the tem- perature fluctuations into e- lectrical impulses which are then recorded on a visual monitor. The thesis of the experiments jis that the body responds to injuries by di- recting more blood to speed healing. THe — increased blood flow results in higher thermograph sensors and the ‘‘hot spots’’ stand out brightly against uninjured bone and tissues on a moni- tor screen. Banister and Allen think thermography may have the potential of becoming a val- uable tool for preventive medicine in that it seems capable of detecting an in- jury in the early soreness stages, well before it debili- tates an athlete. An added plus is that the procedure is totally non-invasive and can be repeated as often as STUDENT NOTICE ANY DOUGLAS COLLEGE | STUDENT, CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER, WHO WISHES TO} PRESENT A MOTION AT | THE STUDENT SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, MUST COMPLY -~WITH FOLLOWING: | THE MOTION MUST BE ° TYPEWRITTEN AND SUBMITTED TO THE ustimine its effectiveness in the fearly detection and diagno- Yah « With no time outs remain- ing, the two-minute warning has just sounded on football at the University of Toronto. In. a letter to Athletic Council chair Kirk Wipper dated Jan. 19, a group headed by professor Bruce Kidd demanded a review of the benefits of football. Kidd cited high personal risks, increasing costs, de- creasing high school partici- pation and plummeting pub- lic interest as reasons for the inquiry. If Kidd and other physical and health education profes- sors have their way, the status of football in the Intercollegiate Tier system will be considerably low- ered. —_——-—_—__-——" = temperatures, area is detected by the a WILE 0.K. , JOHNNY! How the affected U.of T. F ootballless? In recent years, the uni- versity developed a ‘tier system’ to classify all inter- collegiate sports, with foot- ball ranked level : one, re- ceiving the most financial and personnel resources. Kidd’s group said a re- view is necessary before the university hires a full-time coach to replace Ron Mur- phy, who recently resigned after serving 17 years as head coach. Although such a review is not explicitly outlined in the current athletic policy, Kidd said it is entirely justified. In his letter to Wipper he states ‘‘all parties (on the committee that- developed the athletic policy) agreed that the single most impor- necessary, unlike x-ray diag- nostic methods. — tant factor affecting the quality of opportunity in any given sport was the pre- sence. or absence of a full- time coach...The lesson we learned from this point is that if resources continue to be scarce, significant change of policy could only occur at the time of new appointments.’’ The athletics department recently began advertising for a full-time football and hockey coach. The letter requests that the two posi- tions be reconsidered until reviews can be conducted. “We feel.very strongly that football ought not to survive such a review,’ Kidd said. STUDENT SOCIETY BUSINESS OFFICE NO LATER THAN 12NOON, FEBRARY 8/84. THE STUDENT SOCIETY _ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, FEBRARY 23/84. | NOTE: There is free typin3 available | in the Student Society Business Office for ff j| these moticas. Goon? amg | | Agee Me \ ih | — TEST . \)\ THE HELL p10 You LAY YOUR NANOS ON STEROIDS!