1. Protective Equipment Chapter 7
Athletic Injuries ATC 222
Protective Equipment
Chapter 7

2. Legal Concerns Reputable manufacturer Best equipment possible
Assembled correctly
Proper Maintenance
Use only for intended purpose
Warn athletes of use and risk

3. Legal Concerns (Cont.) Use caution in construction/modification
No defective equipment
Regular updates/inspection

4. Purpose of Protective Equipment
Shock/Force
Absorb
Disperse
Weapon?

5. Head Protection Football helmet Types NOCSAE Fitting on page 116-117
suspended (old)
padded
combination
NOCSAE
Fitting on page

6. Head Protection Ice Hockey Baseball Canadian Standards Association
Puck and higher speeds
Baseball
NOCSAE

7. Face Protection
Face guards
football
ice hockey
baseball
lacrosse

8. Mouth Protection
Mouth Guard Types
stock
commercial
custom fitted

9. Ear Protection
Wrestling
Boxing
What is this condition?

10. Eye Protection Goggles Eye Glasses/Corrective lenses case hardened
plastic lenses
photochromic

11. Neck Protection
Neck rolls
“Cowboy Collar”

12. Shoulder Protection Shoulder Pad Types Fitting on pages 122-123
flat
cantilever
Fitting on pages
Customized foam pads

13. Shoe Wear Critical Parts last (stiffness and shape) heel counter
toe box
length
width at metatarsal heads and at sole
bend of shoe
achilles pad

14. Inserts/Orthotics full insole arch supports heel cups
sorbothane
arch supports
heel cups
custom fabricated orthotics

15. Ankle bracing
lace-up vs. elastic
bracing vs. taping

16. Miscellaneous Neopreme sleeves/straps Flak Jacket
patello-femoral syndrome
Osgood-Schlatter’s
Flak Jacket
Fabrication of Equipment
foam/felt
heat moldable