Option - Sports Medicine Flashcards
1
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• Ways to classify sports injuries
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- Direct and indirect
- Soft and hard tissue
- Overuse
2
Q
• Soft tissue injuries
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- Tears, sprains, contusions
- Skin abrasions, lacerations, blisters
- Inflammatory response
3
Q
• Hard tissue injuries
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- Fractures
- Dislocation
4
Q
• Assessment of injuries
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- TOTAPS (Talk, observe, touch, active and passive movement, skills test)
5
Q
• Children and young athletes
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- Medical conditions (Asthma, diabetes, epilepsy)
- Overuse injuries (stress fractures)
- Thermoregulation
- Appropriateness of resistance training
6
Q
• Adult and aged athletes
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- Heart conditions
- Fractures/bone density
- Flexibility/joint mobility
7
Q
• Female athletes
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- Eating disorders
- Iron deficiency
- Bone density
- Pregnancy
8
Q
• Physical preparation
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- Pre-screening
- Skill and technique
- Physical fitness
- Warm up, stretching, cool down
9
Q
• Sports policy and the sports environment
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- Rules of sports and activities
- Modified rules for children
- Matching of opponents, e.g. growth and development, skill level
- Use of protective equipment
- Safe grounds, equipment and facilities
10
Q
• Environmental considerations
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- Temperature regulation (convection, radiation, conduction, evaporation)
- Climatic conditions (temperature, humidity, wind, rain, altitude, pollution)
- Guidelines for fluid intake
- Acclimatisation
11
Q
• Taping and bandaging
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- Preventative taping
- Taping for isolation of injury
- Bandaging for immediate treatment of injury
12
Q
• Rehabilitation procedures
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- Progressive mobilisation
- Graduated exercise (stretching, conditioning, total body fitness)
- Training
- Use of heat and cold
13
Q
• Return to play
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- Indicators of readiness for return to play (pain free, degree of mobility)
- Monitoring progress (pre-test and post-test)
- Psychological readiness
- Specific warm-up procedures
- Return to play policies and procedures
- Ethical considerations, e.g. pressure to participate, use of painkillers
