Exercise Physiology 1.2c Flashcards
Acute Injury?
-Happen suddenly after a stress to the body
Example of Acute Injury
-Fractured eye socket
Hard Tissue Injury?
-Damage to the bone, joint, cartilage
What is a Fracture? (Hard Tissue Injury)
-Partial or Complete break
Simple (Closed) Fracture?
-Skin remains unbroken
Compound (Open) Fracture?
-Where bone breaks through skin
Signs of a Fracture?
- Deformity
- Swelling
- Discolouration
Symptoms of a Fracture?
- Pain
- Inability to move injured area
What is Dislocation? (Hard Tissue Injury)
-Occurs from direct force (collision) or indirect force (a fall) pushing joint past extreme motion
What is Subluxation?
-Causes damage to ligaments and increases likelihood of recurrent dislocations
Signs of a Dislocation?
- Deformity
- Swelling and Discolouration
Symptoms of Dislocation?
- May feel a ‘pop’
- Severe Pain
- Loss of Movement
What is a Soft Tissue Injury?
-Involves damage to the skin, muscles, tendon
What is Contusion? (Soft tissue Injury)
- Contusion is a bruise to the area of skin where blood vessels have became damaged
- Can cause Haematoma
What is Haematoma? (Soft tissue Injury)
-Internal Bleeding, ranging from minor bruises
Signs of Contusion/Haematoma?
- Swelling
- Discolouration
Symptoms of Contusion/Haemotoma?
-Pain (a touch in a minor case)
What is a Sprain? (Soft tissue Injury)
-Overstretch or tear in ligament
Sign of a sprain?
- Swelling
- Bruising
Symptoms of a Sprain?
- Inability to bear weight
- Pain
What is a Strain (Soft Tissue Injury)
-Overstretch or tear in muscle or tendon
Signs of a Strain?
- Swelling
- Bruising
Symptoms of a Strain?
-Pain on Movement
What is Abrasion? (Soft tissue Injury)
- Caused by falling/slipping
- Superficial damage to skin caused by scraping surface
Blister
-Separation of layers of skin where a pocket of fluid forms
Concussion
-Traumatic brain injury resulting in a disturbance of brain functions
Rupture
-A complete tear or muscle, tendon, ligament
What is Concussion?
-Traumatic brain injury resulting in disturbance of brain function