A field that uses a holistic, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary approach to health care for those engaged in sporting or recreational activity
What is sports medicine?
100
defined as a break or fracture that protrudes through the skin
What is an open fracture?
100
contusion
What is a bruise?
100
NATA
What is the National Athletic Trainers Association?
200
injury characterized by a rapid onset
What is an acute injury?
200
includes: team physician, athletic trainer, coaching staff, and other related health care practitioners
What is the sports medicine team?
200
example of limited contact sport
What is baseball, volleyball, softball?
200
magnitude of force at which a structure is damaged?
What is critical force?
200
breaks or cracks in a bone
What is a fracture?
300
injury characterized by a slow, insidious onset
What is a chronic injury?
300
Colleges/Universities
Secondary Schools
Professional Sports
Rehabilitation Clinics/Hospitals
Industrial Settings
Military
What is where athletic trainers can work?
300
What is the most dangerous sport in terms of risk of injury?
What is football
300
How many levels of sprains and strains are there?
3
300
206/640
What are the # of bones/muscles in the body?
400
injury to brain or spinal cord, permenant damage
What is a catastrophic injury?
400
BOC
What is Board of Certification?
400
complete rupture, significant swelling, loss of function, and possible defect in muscle
What is a third degree sprain or strain?
400
an injury to a ligament
What is sprain?
400
ATC
What is a Certified Athletic Trainer?
500
physician who corrects deformities of the musculoskeletal system
What is an orthopedic surgeon?
500
also trained in first aid and CPR, offer basic first aid to athletes when an athletic trainer is not available.
What is the coach?
500
study of the distribution of diseases, injuries, or other health states in human populations for the purpose of identifying and implementing measures to prevent their development and spread
What is epidemiology of sports injuries?
500
an injury to a muscle or tendon
What is a strain?
500
Displacement of the continuous surfaces of bones in a joint?