Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Chapter 5

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine What is Athletic Training? Involves the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries to physically active individuals and athletes Athletic trainers work closely with allied health professionals to provide care to anyone who may have an injury caused by participation in physical activity or exercise

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine What is Sports Medicine? Umbrella term that describes the various issues interrelated among medicine, physical activity, exercise, health promotion, and disease prevention Created a balance between caring for competitive athletes and treating general patients by promoting exercise for health and disease prevention

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Overall injury rates for the top five sports with the highest injury rate among high school athletes participating in sports during the 2005–06 school year

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Overall rate for all nonfatal sport and recreation injuries treated at emergency rooms during the period of July 2000 to June 2001

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Development of Athletic Training Early influences –Greek and Roman civilizations –Galen wrote broadly about medicine and athletics Recent influences –Formation of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) –Development of accreditation and certification programs

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Development of Sports Medicine Early influences –Nicolas Andry, published the 1 st edition of Orthpaedia in 1741 Recent influences –In 1989, American Board of Medical Specialties recognized of sports medicine as a subspecialty –Treatment procedures – arthroscopic surgery, anterior cruciate ligament surgery, and ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Primary Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers Prevention of Athletic Injuries –Preparticipation physical examination –Aware of physical, environmental, and practice conditions that could cause an injury Recognition, Evaluation, and Assessment of Athletic Injuries

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Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Primary Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers Steps involved in an injury evaluation process

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Primary Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers Immediate Care of Athletic Injuries Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning of Injuries –Exercise Activities –Therapeutic Modalities

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Primary Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Primary Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers Organization and Administration –Professional Development and Responsibility –Providing Coverage –Legal and Insurance Issues –Working with the Team Physician

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Professional Practice of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Sports Medicine Physicians –Team Physician Consensus Statements guide the activities and responsibilities of the team physician –Each consensus statement contains important topics relevant to providing the best medical care to athletes

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Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Advances in the Treatment of Sport- related Injuries Arthroscopic surgery –Minimally invasive procedure used to examine and treat damage to the interior of a joint –Used to evaluate and treat orthopedic conditions such as torn floating cartilage, torn surface cartilage, and torn ACL of the knee joint

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Advances in the Treatment of Sport- related Injuries Arthroscopic surgery of the knee joint

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Advances in the Treatment of Sport- related Injuries Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction –Surgical procedure that uses a graft replacement for a torn ACL in the knee –ACL reconstruction requires a tissue graft from another part of the body –Part or all of the ACL reconstruction is performed using arthroscopic surgery

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Advances in the Treatment of Sport- related Injuries Anterior cruciate ligament tear

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Advances in the Treatment of Sport- related Injuries Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction –Ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation –Used to repair defects in the articular cartilage of joints by injecting cultured cells into the joint

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Concussion Management –Most common sport-related concussion is the diffuse brain injury –Occurs when a side-to-side or front-to-back motion causes the brain to be shaken within the skull

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Example of how a concussion of the brain occurs

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Females –ACL injuries in female athletes are higher than male athletes performing the same sports –Reasons for the different rates of injury are unclear: differences in structure and knee alignment ligament laxity muscle strength

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Mechanism for an ACL injury in the knee

Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine Summary Athletic training and sports medicine professionals are involved in the prevention, recognition, and treatment of individuals injured during participation in physical activity, exercise, sport, and athletic competition.