Sports Medicine Flashcards
How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Students learn about ways to classify sports injuries
- direct
- indirect
- overuse
- soft tissue
- hard tissue
How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Students learn to identify specific examples of injuries that reflect each of the classifications
Direct: Dislocations, players colliding with each other causing facial injuries, hockey stick hitting person in shins
Indirect: Pulled hamstring, back injury due to poor lifting technique
Soft tissue: Tears, sprains, contusions, skin abrasions, lacerations, blisters
Hard tissue: Fractures, dislocations
How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Students learn about soft tissue injuries
- tears, sprains, contusions
- skin abrasions, lacerations, blisters
- inflammatory response
How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Students learn to manage soft tissue injuries
- RICER (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation, Referral)
- immediate treatment of skin injuries
How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Students learn about hard tissue injuries
- fractures
- dislocation
How are sports injuries classified and managed?
Students learn to manage hard tissue injuries
- assessment for medical attention
- immobilisation
How are sports injuries classified and managed? Students learn about assessment of injuries
- TOTAPS (Talk, Observe, Touch, Active movement and Passive movement, Skills test)
How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?
Students learn about children and young athletes
- medical conditions (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy)
- overuse injuries (stress fractures)
- thermoregulation
- appropriateness of resistance training
How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?
Students learn about adult and aged athletes
- heart conditions
- fractures/bone density
- flexibility/joint mobility
How does sports medicine address the demands of specific athletes?
Students learn about female athletes
- eating disorders
- iron deficiency
- bone density
- pregnancy
What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?
Students learn about physical preparation
- pre-screening
- skill and technique
- physical fitness
- warm up, stretching and cool down
What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?
Students learn about sports policy and the sports environment
- rules of sports and activities
- modified rules for children
- matching of opponents, eg growth and development, skill level
- use of protective equipment
- safe grounds, equipment and facilities
What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?
Students learn about environmental considerations
- temperature regulation (convection, radiation, conduction, evaporation)
- climatic conditions (temperature, humidity, wind, rain, altitude, pollution)
- guidelines for fluid intake
- acclimatisation
What role do preventative actions play in enhancing the wellbeing of the athlete?
Students learn about taping and bandaging
- preventative taping
- taping for isolation of injury
- bandaging for immediate treatment of injury
How is injury rehabilitation managed?
Students learn about rehabilitation procedures
- progressive mobilisation
- graduated exercise (stretching, conditioning, total body fitness)
- training
- use of heat and cold
