Chapter 10: Pre-participation Physical Exams and Drug-Testing Programs

Question 1

Pre-participation Physical Examination (PPE)

Answer 1

medical screening procedure designed to determine an athlete’s readiness for participation in a specific sport at a specific level of competition

Question 2

Disqualifying Conditions

Answer 2

injuries, illnesses, or other medical conditions that pose an undue risk to athletes, their teammates, or their competitors

Question 3

Mass Screening

Answer 3

PPE method whereby many athletes are screened simultaneously, usually in a school gymnasium or locker room

Question 4

Health History Update

Answer 4

brief questionnaire designed to determine whether an athlete suffered any injuries or developed any medical conditions since the last comprehensive PPE

Question 5

Station PPE

Answer 5

group screening process whereby information for individual athletes is collected at a variety of stations staffed by a combination of medical and non medical personnel, usually in the context of a school environment

Question 6

Health History Form

Answer 6

detailed questionnaire designed to document an athlete’s previous injuries, illnesses, and other medical conditions; often serves as the basis for additional medical follow-up and evaluation

Question 7

Maturational Assessment

Answer 7

medical screening procedure based on Tanner’s stages of maturational development; often used to classify children and adolescents for the purpose of matching them with appropriate athletic opponents

Question 8

Tanner Staging

Answer 8

method for assessing physical maturation by categorizing the development of secondary sexual characteristics

Question 9

Loss of Consortium

Answer 9

legal claim of damages for injuries to a spouse or for alienation of a spouse’s affection

Question 10

Pre-employment Test

Answer 10

any procedure conducted on a potential employee that is used to determine the applicant’s suitability for employment

Question 11

Random Selection

Answer 11

method for choosing subjects for drug testing based on permutations of timing, subject characteristics, or both; implies an equal probability of choosing any subject within a given population for testing

Question 12

Reasonable Suspicion

Answer 12

basis for selecting subjects for drug testing based on observable signs of drug use; reasonable cause or probable cause

Question 13

Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique (EMIT)

Answer 13

first-line screening procedure designed to detect abuse of drugs or the presence of performance enhancing drugs by testing an athlete’s urine

Question 14

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

Answer 14

highly accurate method for detaching the presence of performance enhancing and other drugs in an athlete’s urine

Question 15

False-Positive Test

Answer 15

results of a drug test that indicate the presence of a banned compound above an acceptable level, when in fact the compound is either absent or present below acceptable levels

Question 16

False-Negative Test

Answer 16

results of a drug test that indicate either the absence of a banned compound or its presence below an acceptable level, when in fact its present above acceptable levels