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Curve Fingers to Play Piano, Scientist Says

Ben M. Hilberry, professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue, and graduate student David C. Harding say their research into hand mechanics may eventually help people in hand-intensive occupations. Pianists were chosen for their study because their finger movement is primarily two-dimensional. Early research with five pianists with different playing techniques showed vast differences in the amount of stress on the finger joints. These results led to development of a computer program to determine finger positions to minimize force on the joints and tendons.
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Full Text: San Francisco Chronicle (pre-1997 Fulltext) Sep 30, 1989

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DIGEST

Injured tailback Rueben Mayes’s workout was a bust, and the New Orleans Saints will have to decide what to do with him soon, said Jim Mora, coach of the NFL team. “Rueben ran this morning, and it wasn’t a favorable test,” Mora said Tuesday. “It (right Achilles tendon) didn’t show much improvement from the last time he ran. We’re going to have to make a decision in the next day or so.” One of the options is for Mayes, a native of North Battleford, Sask., to have exploratory surgery, a procedure that could sideline him the entire season. Mayes’s sore tendon has perplexed Saints officials since he reported the pain on the first day of training camp in La Crosse, Wis. Mayes, who signed a $1.6-million U.S. contract in July, can remain on injured reserve two more games. Then he must be activated, waived or begin unlimited practice. Rocky Graziano, a former world middleweight boxing champion, was reported in stable condition and resting comfortably today in Lennox Hill (N.Y.) Hospital after collapsing at his home. Graziano, 68, was taken to the hospital Sunday after he “went limp all over,” his daughter, Audrey Weisman, said. “It doesn’t look good,” Weisman said. “He collapsed totally — physically and mentally.” Weisman said her father went to the hospital last week for a checkup and “came home the next day worse than he’s ever been.” Doctors did not list any diagnosis. Graziano, born Thomas Rocco Barbella on the lower East Side of New York, began his professional boxing career in 1942 and won the title in 1947 when he knocked out Tony Zale. That was the second of three memorable fights between the two middleweights and the only one Graziano won.
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Full Text: The Ottawa Citizen Oct 4, 1989

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Pats hope to tighten secondary

FOXBORO, Mass. – Ken O’Brien of the New York Jets passed for 261 yards and two touchdowns against the New England Patriots on opening day. Miami’s Dan Marino added three more touchdown passes the following week. And Buffalo’s Jim Kelly made 12 completions go for 278 yards and three scores in Week 4. Part of the problem is that the Patriots are a defense in transition. Andre Tippett, the five-time Pro Bowl linebacker, is out for the season with a muscle problem in his right shoulder. So are defensive end Garin Veris (knee) and cornerback Ronnie Lippett (Achilles tendon). Three rookies – Maurice Hurst, Rodney Rice and Eric Coleman – are getting extensive playing time in the secondary.
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Full Text: Houston Chronicle (pre-1997 Fulltext) Oct 6, 1989

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Grounded Flyers hope for first win

Right winger [Mellanby]‘s cut tendons in his forearm will keep him out at least another two months and defenceman [Carkner]‘s injured knee will keep him out for two to three weeks. Left winger Craig Berube is on a day-to-day basis with an injured hip. Scorers Pelle Eklund, sprained knee; Dave Poulin, bruised abdomen, and Tim Kerr, strained shoulder, are all on a day-to-day basis and [Paul Holmgren] hopes they will return for tonight’s game with the Quebec Nordiques.
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Full Text: Toronto Star Oct 12, 1989

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DIGEST Mayes’ surgery successful

Surgeons successfully repaired the frayed right Achilles tendon of New Orleans Saints’ running back Rueben Mayes yesterday.
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Full Text: The Globe and Mail Oct 17, 1989

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Sockers have lofty goalies

[Victor Nogueira] concurred. “We need both of us,” he said. “The successful teams over the years have had two effective goalies. Teams with one goalie don’t normally do as well. Last year (when [Zoltan Toth] was out and Nogueira carried the load), we were lucky. It was a plain lucky year for us. Everything went right — particularly in the playoffs. That isn’t going to happen very often. There is no No.1 goalie here. This isn’t a fight to be the No. 1 guy. It’s a fight to be the No. 1 team.” Nogueira had to rebound from a snapped Achilles’ tendon during the 1987-88 season while with Cleveland. He missed half of that season, and while Toth was setting a GAA record (2.94) and winning goalie of the year honors with the Sockers, Nogueira was immobilized and pondering a cloudy pro soccer future. “I knew I’d play again, but I didn’t know where,” he said. “I thought I might wind up in Europe.” Then, they reversed roles. Last season, Toth went down and Nogueira, who had been picked up by the Sockers as a backup to Zolie after the Cleveland Force went belly-up, stepped in and provided life support for the Sockers. Nogueira, by then healthy again, erased Toth’s MISL GAA record and with a 2.86 mark.
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Full Text: The Tribune Oct 28, 1989

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On The Line’s injury casts pall on Klein’s final day as an owner

The former Chargers owner had five horses in three races in yesterday’s $10 million Breeders’ Cup extravaganza at Gulfstream Park. Only Open Mind, part of [Gene Klein]‘s three-filly entry in the Distaff, showed. On The Line, the favorite in the Sprint, sliced a tendon in his right foreleg coming out of the gate. His racing career is over, and infection could lead to him being destroyed. Klein had only praise for Bayakoa, the 5-year-old mare from Argentina who humbled the trio from his Del Rayo Racing Stables in the Distaff. “Our strategy was obvious,” he said. “We sent a rabbit after her. Wonders Delight is a fine filly. She gave it everything she had and Bayakoa went right by her. Bayakoa ran the last furlong in 11 and change; that’s amazing, after we ran her eyeballs out at the beginning of the race. Open Mind tried as hard as she could, but she ran out of real estate, and I don’t know that she could have caught Bayakoa if the race was another eighth of a mile, but she was coming.”
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Full Text: The San Diego Union Nov 5, 1989

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Warriors Lose Alton Lister For Season

The 7-foot [Alton Lister], whom the Warriors acquired in August in a trade with Seattle, underwent surgery yesterday afternoon to repair the tendon, which he injured at the Coliseum Arena on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. Lister, who limped through training camp with a strained tendon in his right calf, suffered the Achilles injury while trying to get a rebound in the third quarter of the Warriors’ 118-94 victory, their first win of the season. There seems to be some confusion as to how to pronounce Blab’s name. The West German native says it’s “”OO-vay Blop.” Got that? . . . Lister’s season ended with the following stats: No starts, 40 total minutes in three games, 4-for-8 floor shooting, seven rebounds, two assists, eight fouls, one steal, no blocked shots and 12 points . . . [Tom Tolbert], a 6-7, 240-pound forward from the University of Arizona, last year appeared in 14 games for Charlotte but was waived by the Hornets after averaging 2.9 points and 1.5 rebounds in eight minutes a game. Invited to the Warriors’ training camp as a free agent, he lost a close battle with former Cal forward Leonard Taylor for the 12th roster spot. In the wake of Lister’s injury, Tolbert arrived in Oakland yesterday and immediately set about negotiating with the team for a contract.
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Full Text: San Francisco Chronicle (pre-1997 Fulltext) Nov 9, 1989

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