The area of healthcare and special services that applies medical and scientific knowledge to prevent, recognize, assess, manage, and rehabilitate injuries and improve sport performance.
What is Sports Medicine?
100
A civil wrong done to an individual in which financial damages are sought.
What is a tort?
100
A document that describes the actions to be taken in the event of an emergency.
What is the emergency (action) plan?
100
The ability to produce force in one max effort.
What is muscular strength?
100
The piece of equipment added to football shoulder pads to reduce the incidence of stingers by reducing neck range of motion.
What is a cervical collar?
200
The professional responsible for ensuring a safe environment, developmentally appropriate training, proper technique performance and proper equipment usage.
What is the coach?
200
A legal obligation to provide a professional standard of care to protect individuals under their supervision.
What is a duty of care?
200
The authorization to provide treatment.
What is informed consent?
200
The principle that states that physiologic improvements occur only when and individual physically demands more of the body than is normally required – frequency, intensity, duration.
What is the overload principle?
200
The purpose of wearing an ankle brace.
What is limiting all range of motion (specifically inversion/eversion)?
300
The certifications that should be required of coaches.
What are emergency cardiac care (CPR) and emergency first aid?
300
A written guarantee.
What is an expressed warranty?
300
The person who is responsible for following the prescribed guidelines and rules and using safety equipment properly.
What is the sport/activity participant?
300
The type of muscle contraction where the muscle length remains the same.
What is an isometric contraction?
300
Piece of equipment used to reduce the incidence of TMJ injuries.
What is a mouth guard?
400
The allied healthcare professional who is responsible for providing immediate care and rehabilitation to the physically active population.
What is an athletic trainer?
400
An act of omission where an individual or organization fails to perform a legal duty of care.
What is a nonfeasance (tort)?
400
A coach recognizes a situation in which danger is apparent, or should have been apparent, resulting in an unreasonable unsafe condition.
What is foreseeability of harm?
400
The fitness component that increases the size (volume/wt) of the heart; improves circulatory efficiency; reduces blood pressure resulting in a more efficient cardiovascular system.
What is cardiovascular endurance?
400
The organization responsible for the certification of football, baseball and lacrosse helmets.
What is NOCSAE (National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment)?
500
The medical professional responsible for the final medical decision regarding whether an athlete can resume practice/games.
What is the team physician?
500
An act of commission in which an individual commits an act that is not his/her responsibility.
What is a malfeasance (tort)?
500
A contract that releases a professional from any liability to the individual.
What is an exculpatory waiver?
500
The muscle fiber type capable of high force production and has moderate resistance to fatigue.
What is Type IIa?
500
An organization that is responsible for the certification of hockey helmets.
What is the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), the HECC (Hockey Equipment Certification Council) or the CSA (Canadian Standards Association)?