Sports Med Risks/Stretching

Which one of the following factors would not be a possible factor in a football related injury?

All of these could be possible factors

Faulty equipment would be considered an intrinsic risk factor for sports injury?

False

The primary purposes of the PPE should be to determine which positions an athlete is best suited for on a team?

False

Which of the following statements is true?

The muscle power can be defined as the time rate of performing work

Aerobic fitness can assist in avoiding injuries related to fatigue?

True

An office based PPE (with a personal physician) is generally considered to be the ideal when compared to the "coordinated medical team" approach for a PPE?

True

Athletes in High risk sports must be educated about inherent hazards and intrinsic risk?

True

For NCAA athletics only an updated medical history is required for returning athletes unless an additional medical examination is warranted based on the updated history or a new medical condition?

True

Is it true that all intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors cannot be eliminated completely?

True

Many school districts currently require some type of PPE for student athletes prior to their participation in interscholastic sports?

True

Medical experts agree that it is appropriate for an athlete missing a kidney to participate in a sports such as football assuming appropriate protective equipment remains in place?

True

Medical groups recommended that younger secondary school level athletes receive a comprehensive PPE biannually?

True

Periodization of training involves adjusting variables such as exercise frequency intensity and duration in order to achieve the training affect and avoid training related injury?

True

Research indicates that static forms of stretching may be the most effective when compared to other forms?

True

Strength training has been found to have little or no effect on bone density?

True

Teaching proper blocking and tackling technique's may reduce the incidence of head and neck injury in football?

True

The body responds to a conditioning program more effectively when it receives proper nourishment?

True

The smallest component of the periodization model is a micro cycle which normally has a duration of 2 to 4 weeks?

True

Extrinsic risk factors for sports injuries include:

a and B are correct

Factors contributing to the development of comprehensive guidelines regarding pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE ) include:

all of the above

All but which one of the following increases the risk of upper extremity musculoskeletal injury?

all of the above increase the risk of injury

Which of the following is not considered a musculoskeletal risk factor for the lower extremities?

all of these are risk factors

Which of the following is not a form of stretching technique?

all of these are stretching techniques

Which one of the following factors does not contribute to the ROM around a joint?

all of these can contribute to our ROM

Best time to use static stretching is:

at the end of a work out because of increased blood flow

A type of stretching technique that incorporates rapid powerful contractions of muscle in order to force a joint to a greater ROM is which of the following?

ballistic

Which Of the following statements is false regarding the relationship between fatigue and sports injury?

fatigue has no effect on muscle strength in the short term

A conditioning program consist of:

general and sport specific conditioning

Which of the following injuries is easily prevented with regular inspections of the environment and athletic facilities?

heat exhaustion

Which one of the following is not considered to be an extrinsic factor related to sports injury?

muscle strength

Which of the following is the easiest intrinsic risk to modify?

player skills