Intro: The Sport Medicine Team And Role Of The RD Flashcards
What is the major difference between PA and exercise?
PA: energy expenditure as a result of skeletal muscle movement
Exercise: Planned, structured and repetitive PA with the objective to improve or maintain physical fitness
Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure. The energy expenditure can be measured in kilocalories.
Physical Activity
A subset of physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive and has as a final or an intermediate objective in the improvement or maintenance of physical fitness.
Exercise
A set of attributes that are either health- or skill-related. The degree to which people have these attributes can be measured with specific tests. E.g. Cardio-respiratory fitness – VO2max
Physical Fitness
Activities that we engage in for reasons as varied as relaxation, competition, or growth and may include reading for pleasure, meditating, painting, and participating in sports and excludes activities that are work oriented or that involve life maintenance tasks such as housecleaning or sleeping.
Leisure activity
What defines an athlete?
- Training in sport aiming to improve performance/results
- Actively participating in sport competitions
- Formally registered in a local, regional or national sport federations,
- Have sport training and competition as the major activity (way of living) or focus of personal interest, devoting serval hours in all or most days for these activities exceeding time allocated to other types of professional or leisure activities.
refers to a broad field of medical practices related to physical activity and sport.
Sport medicine
Focus on areas of performance enhancement, injury care and prevention
Sport medicine
What are the goals of sports medicine?
Help active individuals (recreationally active or athletes) achieve optimal health and meet their specific performance goals.
What is the over-arching goal of sports medicine?
Health!
* Supersedes performance goals if there is a conflict
* Ethically, sport medicine professionals cannot recommend strategies that would enhance performance to the detriment of health.
How do sport medicine professionals tailor their advice?
- Age
- Stage of athlete development (LTAD)
- Goals
- Health status
- Existing knowledge or experience.
What is LTAD
long-term athlete development
A model that strategicially develops an athlete or active person for training, competition and recovery by recognizing the natural development in skills training of athletes and considerations for physical, mental and emotional developemnt
What are the two categories of the sports medicine team?
- sport performance and health promotion
- injury treatment and management
What sport medicine professions fall under the 2 categories?
Individuals involved in a wide range of care of the athlete
* Mental, physical – performance and/or health related
Athletes circle of care
Who is expected to have a circle of care?
athletes (vs. active individuals)
* Athletes are highly competitive and are training year round on a daily (or near daily basis) for an hour or more each day. Training may be their principle form of “employment,” or a daily activity.
What is the problem with the circle of care model?
Sometimes there is a bunch of hoops an athlete needs to go through in order to get access to a professional
What is the primary obligation of health care providers in the circle of care?
promote lifelong fitness and wellness, and to prevent illness or injury.
* Athlete health and well-being always supersedes performance goals if there is a conflict.
Role of parents in the circle of care for an athlete
Parents help kids implement recommendations and should stay in open communication with care providers regarding athletes well-being
* Foundational to the progression of the child’s performance; regarding nutrition they are often in charge on childs nutrition in early years
What are the more modern models of athlete care?
- Athlete Management Approach
- Athlete Centred Care Model
Describe the athlete management apprach
A performance manager is the mediator between the athletes and the health care providers
What is the problem with the athlete management approach?
The athlete may not want to tell a intermediary person they would rather go directly to the professional.
Describe the athlete centered care model?
Athlete has more direct access to range of professionals on the team
What is IST?
Integrated Support Teams
Interdisciplinary (team) approach to promoting sport performance and athlete health where Team members work together collaboratively to identify goals for the athlete.
integrated support team
What does the IST support?
- Set goals for the athlete that make sense and prioritize them
- More consistent role clarity for the athlete and among care providers
- Care is evidence based
- Resources used more strategically (time, money, facilities, expertise)
The procedures, actions, and processes that a healthcare practitioner is knowledgeable, competent and permitted to undertake in keeping with the terms of their professional license or registration.
Scope of Practice
What is important to consider with scope of practice?
IST roles may overlap so it is important to clearly define who does what and to what degree