The failure to perform a legal duty of care.
Omission
A complex web of spinal nerves C5 to T1 that innervates the upper extremity
Brachial Plexus
A transverse stress fracture of the proximal shaft of the fifth metatarsal.
Jones fx
A condition in which increased intramuscular pressure brought on by activity impedes blood flow and function of tissues within that compartment.
Compartment Syndrome
A diagnostic tool whereby a radiopaque material is injected into a joint to facilitate obtaining a radiograph.
Arthrogram
the athletic trainer asserts that the injured athlete or other physically active patient was aware of the risks involved and decided to proceed anyway, thereby absolving the institution and the athletic trainer from any liability for damages.
Assumption of Risk
Origin of sartorious
ASIS
This may be used to indicate a ruptured spleen
Kehrs sign
A fracture of the fifth metacarpal, resulting in a flexion deformity because of the rotation of the head of the metacarpal over the neck.
Boxer's Fracture
A deformity marked by the abduction of the leg in relation to the thigh; knock-knee.
Genu Valgum
Committing, or not committing, an act with total disregard for the health and safety of others.
Gross Negligence
A biaxial-like condyloid joint with both concave and convex areas but with freer movement; the carpometacarpal joints of the thumbs.
Saddle joint
A delayed condition characterized by persistent headaches, blurred vision, irritability, and an inability to concentrate after an impact to the head.
Post concussion syndrome/ delayed symptoms
An avulsion or damage to the anterior lip of the glenoid as the humerus slides forward in an anterior dislocation.
Bankart Lesion
A technique whereby direct current is used to drive charged molecules from certain medications into damaged tissue.
Iontophoresis
While committing an act that is your responsibility to perform, following the wrong procedure or performing the right procedure in an improper manner.
Misfeasance
The narrowing of an opening or stricture of a canal.
Stenosis
An inability to bring the teeth together in a normal bite.
Malocclusion
A sprain of the metacarpophalangeal MP joint of the thumb when it is in near extension and the thumb is forcefully abducted away from the hand, tearing the ulnar collateral ligament at the MP joint.
Game keepers thumb
Delivery of anti-inflammatory medication through ultrasound
Phonophoresis
The roles and responsibilities of an individual in a profession; delineates what should be learned in the professional preparation of that individual.
Scope of care
The anteromedial surface of the calcaneus that largely supports the talus.
Sustentaculum Tali
A condition characterized by intermittent, bilateral attacks of ischemia of the fingers or toes and marked by severe pallor, numbness, and pain.
Raynauds
An acute, fulminating, and potentially fatal disease of skeletal muscles that entails the destruction of skeletal muscles, as evidenced by the release of myoglobin into the blood and urine.
Rhabdomyolysis
Minor capillary ruptures in the eye globe.
Subconjunctival hemorrhage