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Dr. Colvin talks about children’s injuries in physical education classes
Dr. Colvin talks about children’s injuries in physical education classes .
Dr. Colvin talks to the Wall Street Journal about older people running in marathons.
Like any aging runner, Ms. Johnson faces enormous obstacles. Dr. Alexis Chiang Colvin, a sports-medicine expert at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said aging affects every system the body uses in long-distance running.
Dr. Colvin discusses concussions on MSNBC
Another Pittsburgh study of 234 soccer players found that two weeks after their concussion, female players scored worse on some brain-function tests than similarly injured males. Dr. Alexis Chiang Colvin found size differences didn’t explain the discrepancy. She couldn’t find an alternate explanation, and while the gender question is explored, urges coaches and athletes to be aware that female players may need a little extra time to recover.
