Prevention & Treatment of Athletic Injuries - Chapter 1

What are the three areas of responsibility of the team dentist?

(1): Organizing and performing the preseason dental examination (2): Being available to provide emergency care when needed (3): Fitting mouth protectors

What are the three main goals of professional sports medicine organizations?

(1): To upgrade the field by devising and maintaining a set of professional standards, including a code of ethics (2): To bring together professionally competent individuals to exchange ideas, stimulate research, and promote critical thinking (3): To give individuals an opportunity to work as a group with a singleness of purpose, thereby making it possible for them to achieve objectives that, separately, they could not accomplish

What are some ways that a sports medicine team can do to minimize the chance of injury?

- Arrange for physical examinations and preparticipation screening - Ensure appropriate training and conditioning of the athlete - Monitor environmental and field conditions to ensure safe participation - Select and maintain properly fitting protective equipment - Educate parents, coaches, and athletes about the risks inherent in sports and participation - Teach proper techniques - Be certified in CPR/AED - Be certified in first aid

Many professional organizations are dedicated to achieving _____ and _____ in sports.

- Health - Safety

Physicians who manage and treat injuries to the eye are _____. A(n) _____ is an individual who evaluates and fits patients with glasses or contact lenses.

- Ophthalmologists - Optometrist

The system or methods by which athletic care is delivered by members of the sports medicine team largely depend on whether the activity is _____ or _____.

- Organized - Recreational

The field of sports medicine encompasses under its umbrella a number of more specialized aspects of dealing with the physically active or athletic populations that may be classified as relating either to _____ or to _____ and _____ .

- Performance Enhancement - Injury Care & Management

The clinical application of the work of sports medicine's disciplines is performed to improve and maintain an individual's functional capacities for _____ , _____ , and _____ . It also includes the _____ and _____ of diseases and injuries related to exercise and sports.

- Physical Labor - Exercise - Sports - Prevention - Treatment

_____ , the specialized field dealing with the study and care of the foot, has become an integral part of the sports health care. Most of these individuals are trained in surgical procedures, foot biomechanics, and the fitting and construction of orthotic devices for the shoe. Like the team dentist, a _____ should be available on a consulting basis.

- Podiatry - Podiatrist

The _____ has used the term sports medicine to describe a multidisciplinary approach to health management or achievement of full potential, including the physiological, biomechanical, psychological, and pathological phenomena associated with exercise and sports.

American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

_____ are scientists who study and investigate how athletes move. They analyze movement techniques, using mathematical models, and make corrections and adjustments that can potentially increase efficiency of movement, thus improving performance.

Biomechanists

There is a great demand for well-educated, professionally trained personnel to supervise and oversee these activities. List examples of those who are among these professionals.

Coaches, fitness professionals such as strength and conditioning specialists and personal fitness trainers, recreation specialists, athletic administrators, and others interested in some aspect of exercise and sports science

The role of the team _____ is somewhat analogous to that of the team physician. He or she serves as a consultant for the team and should be available for first aid and emergency care. Good communication between the _____ and the coach or athletic trainer should ensure a good dental program.

Dentist

A _____ should be consulted for problems and lesions occurring on the skin.

Dermatologist

These individuals are indispensable in providing transport to the injured athlete to a medical care facility.

Emergency Medical Specialists (EMS)

Sports _____ are becoming specialists in the purchase and proper fitting of protective equipment. They work closely with the coach and the athletic trainer.

Equipment Personnel

_____ monitor and assess cardiovascular and metabolic effects and mechanisms of exercise, replenishment of fluids during exercise, and exercise for cardiac and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.

Exercise Physiologists

A physician who specializes in _____ is concerned with supervising or providing medical care to all members of a family. Many team physicians in colleges and universities and particularly at the high school level are engaged in this type of practice.

Family medicine

A _____ is consulted in cases where health issues in the female athlete are of primary concern.

Gynecologist

A number of professional organizations are dedicated to the field of sports medicine and dictate the roles that members of their organizations play in providing _____ to an injured patient.

Health Care

A(n) _____ is a physician who specializes in the practice of internal medicine. This type of physician treats diseases of the internal organs by using measures other than surgery.

Internist

A _____ specializes in treating disorders of and injuries to the nervous system. Consultation with a _____ is warranted in certain common situations in athletics, such as cases of head injury or peripheral nerve injury.

Neurologist

Some large sports programs engage a _____ as a consultant who plans eating programs that are geared to the needs of a particular sport. He or she also assists individual athletes who need special nutritional counseling.

Nutritionist

A(n) _____ activity refers to a situation that is generally competitive in which there is some type of team or league involvement, as would be the case with secondary school, collegiate, and professional athletic teams.

Organized

The _____ is responsible for treating injuries and disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Many colleges and universities have a team _____ on their staff.

Orthopedist

These individuals custom fit, design, and construct braces, orthotics, and support devices based on physician prescriptions.

Orthotists / Prosthetists

A(n) _____ emphasizes the role of the musculoskeletal system in health and disease, using a holistic approach to the patient. They also incorporate a variety of manual and physical treatment interventions in the prevention and treatment of disease.

Osteopath

A _____ is concerned with the practice of caring for or treating injuries and illnesses that occur in young physically active children and adolescents.

Pediatrician

A _____ provides integrated care in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders related to the brain, muscles, and bones, spanning from traumatic brain injury to lower back pain.

Physiatrist

Some athletic trainers use sports _____ to supervise the rehabilitation programs for injured athletes while the athletic trainer concentrates primarily on getting a player ready to practice or compete. A number of athletic trainers are also these as well.

Physical Therapists **The individual who achieves both certification as an athletic trainer and licensure as a physical therapist is extremely well qualified to function in various sports medicine settings, including both the private clinic and the colleges and universities.**

_____ are trained to assume some of the responsibilities for patient care traditionally done by the physician. They assist the physician by conducting preliminary patient evaluations, arranging for various hospital-based diagnostic tests, and dispensing appropriate medications. A number of athletic trainers have also become ____ in recent years.

Physician's assistants (PAs)

A number of _____ with a variety of specializations can aid the sports medicine team in treating the athlete.

Physicians

_____ is a medical practice that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness.

Psychiatry

_____ must be highly knowledgeable regarding rules and regulations, especially those that relate to the health and welfare of the athlete. They work cooperatively with the coach and the athletic trainer. They must be capable of checking the playing facility for dangerous situations and equipment that may predispose the athlete to injury. They must also routinely check athletes to ensure that they are wearing adequate protective pads.

Referees

The _____ can advise the athlete on matters related to the psychological aspects of the rehabilitation process. The way the athlete feels about his or her injury and how it affects his or her social, emotional, intellectual, and physical dimensions can have a substantial effect on the course of a treatment program and how quickly the athlete may return to competition. The ____ uses a variety of intervention strategies to help the athlete cope with injury.

Sport Psychologist

_____ emphasize diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, thinking that these disorders affect general health by way of the nervous system. They make use of spinal and extremity manipulations in their treatments.

Sports Chiropractors

Qualified _____ have training and experience in all areas of massage. They may use their skills primarily in precompetition and postcompetition phases of an athletic event.

Sports Massage Therapists

_____ refers generically to a broad field of health care related to physical activity and sport.

Sports medicine

Most colleges and universities and some high schools employ full-time _____ to advise athletes on training and conditioning programs. Athletic trainers should routinely consult with these individuals to advise them about injuries to a particular athlete and exercises that should be avoided or modified relative to a specific injury.

Strength and conditioning coaches

(T/F) It must be emphasized that well-trained, sports professionals are NOT health care professionals.

TRUE

(T/F) Participation in any type of physical activity places the "athlete" in situations in which injury is likely to occur. Because of this, it is essential to have some knowledge about how injuries can be prevented or at least minimized.

TRUE

(T/F) Some of the specializations listed under this umbrella could be concerned with both performance enhancement and injury care and management (e.g., sports nutrition).

TRUE

A(n) _____ is an individual who engages in and is proficient in sports and/or physical exercise.

athlete