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Copyright © 2011 American College of Sports Medicine

Athletic Training and Sports Medicine

Athletic Training and Sports Medicine

Chapter 5


What is Athletic Training?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


What is 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


Athletic Training and Sports MedicineAthletic 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


Athletic Training and Sports MedicineAthletic 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


Development of Athletic TrainingDevelopment 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


Development of Sports MedicineDevelopment of Sports Medicine

• Early influences

– Nicolas Andry, published the 1st 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


Primary Responsibilities of Athletic TrainersPrimary 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


• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-tie_eWK0


Primary Responsibilities of Athletic TrainersPrimary Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers• Steps involved in an injury evaluation process



• Immediate Care of Athletic Injuries

• Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning of Injuries

– Exercise Activities

– Therapeutic Modalities



• Organization and Administration

– Professional Development and Responsibility

– Providing Coverage

– Legal and Insurance Issues

– Working with the Team Physician


Professional Practice of Sports MedicineProfessional 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


Professional Practice of Sports MedicineProfessional Practice of Sports Medicine


Advances in the Treatment of Sport-related InjuriesAdvances 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


Advances in the Treatment of Sport-related InjuriesAdvances in the Treatment of Sport-related Injuries• Arthroscopic surgery of the knee joint



• 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


Advances in the Treatment of Sport-related InjuriesAdvances in the Treatment of Sport-related Injuries• Anterior cruciate ligament tear



• 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


Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports MedicineCurrent 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


Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports MedicineCurrent Issues in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine• Example of how a concussion of the brain occurs


Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports MedicineCurrent 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


Current Issues in Athletic Training and Sports MedicineCurrent Issues in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine• Mechanism for an ACL injury in the knee


SummarySummary

• 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.

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