Sports Medicine Flashcards
What are the steps of TOTAPS?
Talk, observe, touch, active and passive movement, skills test.
What are the medical demands of children and young athletes?
Medical conditions, overuse injuries, thermoregulation and appropriateness of resistance training.
What are the medical demands of adult and aged athletes?
Heart conditions, bone density and flexibility.
What the medical demands of female athletes?
Eating disorders, iron deficiency, bone density and pregnancy.
What is involved in physical preperation?
Pre-Screening, skill and technique, physical fitness and warm up, stretching and cool down
What is included under sports policy and the sports environment?
-Rules of sports and activities
-Modified rules for children
-Matching of oponents
-Use of protective equipment
-Safe grounds, equipment and facilities
What are the environmental considerations?
Temperature regulation, climatic conditions, guidelines for fluid intake and acclimisation.
What are the three types of taping?
Preventative taping, taping for isolation of injury and bandaging for imediate treatment of injury.
What are the four rehabilitation procedures?
- Progressive mobilisation
- Graduated exercise
- Training
- Use of heat and cold
What is considered in an athletes return to play?
There are six points.
-Indicators of readiness to return to play
-Monitoring progress
-Psychological readiness
-Specific warm-up procedures
-Return to play polocies and procedures
-Ethical considerations
What are the medical conditions of young athletes?
Asthma, diabetes and epilepsy.
What are the types of climatic conditions?
Temperature, humidity, wind, rain, altitude and pollution.
What is involved in graduated exercise?
Stretching, conditioning and total body fitness.
What are the types of temperature regulation?
Convection, radiation, conduction and evaporation.
What are the indicators of readiness to return to play?
pain free, degree of mobility
