Foot stress study:
Joints and ligaments get close check
by PE professors in a special project
By SUSAN SCHLANGEN
Of the Emerald
A skier or jogger hobbling
around campus is hardly an un
familiar sight nowadays. If you are
one of these people, you may be
nefit from current research being
conducted at the University on
foot stress injury.
Two University assistant pro
fessors of physical education,
Louis Ostemig and Barry Bates,
are working with adjunct professor
Stanley James, M.D. and Donald
Slocum, M.D., of the Eugene Or
thopedic and Fracture Clinic, on
lower extremity injuries. Even if
you are not one of Eugene s many
injured recreationalists, you're still
included." We re concerned about
the population in general," Bates
says.
The University's physical edu
cation department was recently
awarded $60,000 by the North
west Area Foundation of St. Paul,
Minn., to continue research on
foot stress injury. One of the main
purposes of the study is to de
velop dynamic objective tests for
the evaluation of joint function dur
ing normal and abnormal walking
and running.
Areas of study include running
gait analysis, cruciate ligament
repair, muscle function and func
tional rehabilitative techniques.
Bates is interested in "how these
things may or may not attribute to
problems individuals are having in
lower extremities."
The study integrates medical
and experimental technology,
biomechanics, sports medicine
and adaptive corrective physical
education. Bates and Osternig
consider the interdependence be
tween medicine and the develop
ment cf objective experiments an
asset to the research. The team is
pleased because until now most
of this type of research has been
directed toward foot stress injury
under normal walking conditions
rather than the more complex and
diverse injuries of lower ex
tremities.
"We’ve been talking about it for
years but nothing has been done,”
Bates explains.
Bates and Ostemig are now in
the process of completing exten
sive film used to identify specific
areas of stress in the leg. Over 40
subjects have participated in the
study.
Ostemig, who advises all the
University’s pre-physical therapy
students, works closely with the
clinic. He is especially interested
in the clinic's experiments with
artificial ligaments and the func
tional capabilities of ligaments be
fore and after surgery.
Since the study lasts until June
1978, the team hopes their work
will open and expand other areas
of research. "Ultimately we'd like
to further develop a biomechanic
sports medicine lab for teaching
purposes, student research and
the continuance of our research,"
Osternig says.
Suds may not flow on campus
By KATHRYN SLADE
Of the Emerald
The controversial proposal for a
tavern in the EMU appears to
have a cfoudy future, in light of the
ASUO's altered stance and the
administration’s unwillingness to
"push beer on campus.
Jamie Burns, ASUO vice
president, summed up the present
ASUO attitude towards the prop
osal: “We haven't determined our
specific goals yet. But it's safe to
assume the tavern proposal will
be one goal of the ASUO because
of the finandal benefits it offers."
Gerald Bogen, University vice
pres. for student services, and the
administrator who first reviews
such proposals, said, "I do not
mourn the possibility I will never
see it."
At the height of its momentum
last year, the proposal created
widespread student interest arid
enthusiasm. However, the ASUO,
then headed by Jim Bemau, en
countered opposition from Uni
versity Pres. Boyd early in the
year regarding the proposal.
ASUO responded by expending
considerable amounts of time and
student funds to prove to Boyd an
EMU tavern could benefit the
campus community.
The ASUO hired, for a fee of
$500, a consulting firm composed
of University graduate business
students, which conducted a
feasibility study of the proposal.
That study, based on four Eugene
taverns, indicated an EMU tavern
operated either by students or an
PSU students
explore tavern
A student committee at Port
land State University (PSU) will
investigate the possibility of es
tablishing an on-campus
tavern in the Smith Memorial
Center, says ASPSU Pres.
Craig Nichols.
There are currently no
taverns on any of the state
operated campuses, although
students at Oregon State and
the University (see accom
panying story) have proposed
such operations.
PSU Pres. Joseph Blumel
said he will consider the idea,
but is not convinced of any real
need for such an establish
ment because of the availabil
ity of beer and wine near the
PSU campus.
outside firm would definitely be
profitable.
The ASUO also conducted
information-gathering surveys
with University faculty and outside
businesspersons, and set a team
of ASUO officials on a tour of col
leges with on-campus taverns to
evaluate the relative successs of
these operations.
“By last winter, we had done all
the research," explained Jim Rtz
henry, chairer of the ASUO Ad
Hoc Tavern Committee. “All that
remained was for a proposal to be
written up.”
But the proposal was never writ
ten.
In explanation, Jim Bemau in
formed the Emerald last week that
the Ad-Hoc Tavern Committee
met with Boyd near the end of the
winter term. By the meeting’s end,
Bemau said, it was clear Boyd
remained unconvinced of the
proposal's merits.
"There was no reason to send it
over just to get a ‘no’.’’ Bemau
continued. “We thought it best to
wait for a better climate.”
Accordingly, the ASUO shelved
the proposal and decided to de
vote the remainder of the school
year and dwindling funds to issues
showing a greater likelihood of
success.
Bums believes Boyd's position
on the tavern issue has not
changed.
While Bernau has agreed to
complete the proposal, with assis
tance from the present ASUO by
the end of this summer, Bums
said, “We’re not certain if it will be
presented to Boyd.”
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