PAPER 1 - Injury Prevention Flashcards
What are ACUTE INJURIES ?
sudden injury associated with a traumatic event
ACUTE INJURIES : CAUSES
- collision
- fall
- excessive impact
ACUTE INJURIES : EXAMPLE
- football - fracture metatarsal - kicking ball
- netball - sprain ankle - bad landing
ACUTE INJURIES : SYMPTOMS (5)
- pain
- swelling
- bruising
- lack of movement
- disfiguration
What are CHRONIC INJURIES ?
slowly developed injury associated with overuse
CHRONIC INJURIES : CAUSES
- sudden increase in intensity / frequency / duration
- reduction in recovery
- warm up / cool-down
What are HARD TISSUE INJURIES ?
damage to the bone, joint or cartilage including fractures and dislocations
What are SOFT TISSUE INJURIES ?
damage to the skin, muscle, tendon or ligament, including tears, strains and sprains
What are the two types of HARD TISSUE INJURIES (acute injuries) ?
- fractures
- dislocations
What is a FRACTURE ?
PARTIAL or COMPLETE break in the bone due to an EXCESSIVE FORCE that overcomes the bone’s POTENTIAL TO FLEX
What are the 9 types of FRACTURES ?
- compound (open)
- simple (closed)
- incomplete
- complete
- greenstick
- transverse / oblique / spiral
- comminuted
- impacted
- avulsion
COMPOUND FRACTURE ?
fractured bone breaks through the skin, creating an OPEN WOUND with high risk of infection
SIMPLE FRACTURE ?
skin remains unbroken as the fracture causes LITTLE MOVEMENT of the bone and therefore minimises the damage to the SOFT TISSUE surrounding it
INCOMPLETE FRACTURE ?
PARTIAL CRACK in the bone that doesn’t completely separate the bone
COMPLETE FRACTURE ?
TOTAL BREAK in the bone which separates the bone into one or more FRAGMENTS
GREENSTICK FRACTURE ?
SPLITTING PARTIAL BREAK in the bone resulting from a BENDING ACTION
TRANSVERSE FRACTURE ?
PERPENDICULAR CRACK across the length of the bone
OBLIQUE FRACTURE ?
DIAGONAL CRACK across the length of the bone
SPIRAL FRACTURE ?
TWISTING DIAGONAL CRACK across the length of the bone
COMMINUTED FRACTURE ?
CRACK producing MULTIPLE FRAGMENTS of bone and a long recovery process
IMPACTED FRACTURE ?
BREAK caused by the ends of a bone being COMPRESSED together
AVULSION FRACTURE ?
bone fragment DETACHED at the site of connective tissue attachment
What is a DISLOCATION ?
the DISPLACEMENT of one bone from another out of their ORIGINAL POSITION
DISLOCATION : CAUSE
direct force = collision
indirect force = a fall
DISLOCATION : TYPICAL SITES (7)
- shoulder
- hip
- knee
- ankle
- elbow
- fingers
- toes
DISLOCATION : SYMPTOMS (5)
- severe pain
- loss of movement
- deformity
- swelling
- ‘pop’ feeling
What is a SUBLUXATION ?
incomplete / partial dislocation = overstretched ligament = permanently lengthened = decrease joint stability
What are the SOFT TISSUE INJURIES (acute injuries) ?
- contusions (bruises) and haematoma
- sprain
- strain
- abrasion
- blisters
What are CONTUSIONS ?
ruptured blood vessels in skin or tissue
What is a RUPTURE ?
COMPLETE TEAR of a muscle, tendon or ligaments
What is a HAEMATOMA ?
localised CONGEALED bleeding from the ruptured blood vessels
What is a SPRAIN ?
OVERSTRETCH or tear in the LIGAMENTS
SPRAIN : CAUSES
- impact / fall = beyond RoM
SPRAIN : TYPICAL SITES
- ankle (games players)
- knee (football)
- thumbs
- wrists
SPRAIN : SYMPTOMS (5)
- pain
- swelling
- bruising
- inability to bear weight
- dislocation