UMass Lowell Assoc. Prof. of Physical Therapy, Alexandre (Alex) Lopes will be a member of the injury and illness surveillance research group in the PyeongChang Olympic Games.

Our research group will employ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) injury and illness surveillance system for multi-sport events. We will ask all National Olympic Committee medical teams to report the daily occurrence (or non-occurrence) of injuries and illnesses on a standardized medical report form. Concurrently, we will retrieve the same information on all athletes who will be treated for injuries and illnesses in the polyclinic and all other medical venues by the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games’ medical staff.

Learn more about Alex:

• Researcher Headed to Winter Olympics
• Ending the ‘No Pain, No Gain’ Myth of Exercise – 10 Questions With Alex Lopes
• Alexandre Lopes’ Faculty Bio

Alex Lopes researched athlete injuries at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as well.