injury prevention

Question 1

what are the two types of injuries (names)

Answer 1

acute
chronic

Question 2

acute injury definition

Answer 2

injury that occurs suddenly during exercise

pain felt straight away, often severe

Question 3

chronic injury definition

Answer 3

injury that occurs after playing sport for a long period of time

often called over-use injuries

develop slowly, can last long time

Question 4

what are the symptoms of an acute injury

Answer 4

swelling, severe pain
not being able to bear weight
retricted movement

study tip:sally rose

Question 5

fractures definition

Answer 5

break or crack in bone

Question 6

simple and closed fracture

Answer 6

clean break to a bone
doesnt penetrate through skin

study tip: c is half of s

Question 7

compound or open fracture

Answer 7

soft tissue or skin has been damaged

more serious as higher risk of infection

Question 8

what are the names of the 6 different types of fractures

Answer 8

comminuted
spiral
longitudinal
buckle
greenstick
hairline

Question 9

communited fracture

Answer 9

bone breaks into 3 or more pieces

Question 10

spiral fracture

Answer 10

winding break

Question 11

longitudinal fracture

Answer 11

break that occurs along length of bone

Question 12

buckle

Answer 12

occurs in children
bone deforms but does not break

study tip: think of seat buckle doesnt break but bends/deforms

Question 13

hairline fracture

Answer 13

partial fracture of bone that is diffidult to detect

Question 14

greenstick fracture

Answer 14

occurs in children
bone partly fractures on one side but does not break completely as childrens bones are more elastic/softer so can bend

Question 15

dislocations

Answer 15

ends of bones are forced out of position

often occur from fall or contact with another player

Question 16

strains

Answer 16

occurs when muscles fibres are stretched too far and tear

may be due to high intensity exercise

Question 17

sprains

Answer 17

occur to ligaments
occur when ligaments are stretched too far and tear
happen due to twisting and turning movements

Question 18

chronic injuries symptoms

Answer 18

swelling (can use in acute too)
dull ache

Question 19

what are the 3 types of chronic injuries

Answer 19

Achilles tendositis
stress fracture
elbow tennis

Question 20

what are the 4 types of acute injuries

Answer 20

fractures
disclocations
strains
sprains

Question 21

tendons

Answer 21

connect muscles to bones

Question 22

joints

Answer 22

connect bone to bone

Question 23

Achilles tenositis

Answer 23

over use injury that causes pain and inflation of the tendon

Question 24

stress fracture

Answer 24

over use injury where area becomes tender and swollen
often occurs when intensity increased too quickly

Question 25

tennis elbow

Answer 25

muscles and tensons become inflamed and cause tiny tears to occur on outside of elbow
area becomes very sore and tender

any repeated action that causes stress on elbow, can cause tennis elbow

Question 26

screening

Answer 26

used to detect a problem early before any symptoms occur
e.g CRY screening for young adults
ECG-used to monitor and assess perfomers heart
can identify musoskeltal conditions of an athlete which can highlight any past or current injuries
assesses muscle imbalances, core strength, range of joint movement

Question 27

dis of screening

Answer 27

tests are not always 100% accurate

may miss a problem (false negative)

identify a problem which didnt exist (false positive)

increase anxiety if performer finds out they have health problem