Arnheim’s Principles of Athletic Training Review

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the history, administration, clinical evaluation, environmental risks, and injury management protocols from athletic training lecture notes.

Dr. S.E. Bilik

The physician who wrote The Trainer’s Bible in 1917, playing a large role in the appearance of the AT in collegiate athletics.

NATA

National Athletic Trainers’ Association; formed in 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri, to establish professional standards.

BOC

Board of Certification; created in 1989 and is responsible for administering the certification exam and establishing continuing education requirements.

CAATE

Committee for Accreditation of Athletic Training Education; the organization responsible for accrediting athletic training education programs.

Licensure

The most restrictive form of state governmental credentialing; it specifies who may practice and what tasks they may perform under law.

Strategic planning

A process involving critical self-examination to bring about organization improvement and determine if a program is consistent with the institutional mission.

Vision statement

A concise statement that describes the ideal state to which an organization aspires.

Mission statement

A written expression of an organization’s philosophy, purposes, and characteristics, which should be action-oriented.

WOTS UP analysis

A data collection technique designed to determine an organization’s weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and strengths underlying planning.

Zero-based budgeting

A model requiring justification for every budget line item without reference to previous spending patterns, involving documentation of actual program needs.

Lump sum budgeting

A model that allocates a fixed amount of money for an entire program without specifying how that money will be spent.

FOB point

Freight-on-board point; the point at which the title for shipped goods passes from vendor to purchaser.

Exculpatory waiver

A signed agreement by athletes and parents used to transfer risk, intended to cover financial loss associated with certain risks.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; ensures health information privacy and gives employees access to their own healthcare administration.

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (the Buckley Amendment); a 1974 law requiring student authorization to release educational records to third parties.

Tanner staging

A maturity assessment method that evaluates pubic hair and genitalia development in boys and pubic hair and breast development in girls.

SOAP note

A medical record organized by Subjective and Objective evaluation, Assessment of the problem, and development of a Plan for treatment.

Liability

The state of being legally responsible for the harm one causes another person.

Negligence

The failure to act as a reasonably prudent athletic trainer would act under the circumstances.

Statute of limitation

A specific length of time that individuals may sue for damages from negligence, generally ranging from $1-3$ years.

Product liability

The liability of any or all parties along the chain of manufacture for damage caused by a product, such as faulty design or construction.

Premium

The invoiced cost of an insurance policy.

Deductible

The portion of an insurance claim that is not covered by the provider and must be paid out of pocket before coverage begins.

UCR fees

Usual, customary, and reasonable fees; the charge consistent with what other medical vendors in a geographic area would assess.

ICD-9-CM

International Classification of Diseases; a coding system applied to illnesses and medical conditions to standardize language for third-party reimbursement.

SAID principle

Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands; the concept that the body will gradually adapt over time to overcome the specific demands placed on it.

Flexibility

The ability to move a joint or series of joints smoothly and easily throughout a full range of motion.

Dynamic (Ballistic) Stretching

A technique involving bouncing movements in which repetitive contractions of the agonist muscle produce quick stretches of the antagonist muscle.

PNF Stretching

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation; techniques involving alternating contraction and relaxation of both agonist and antagonist muscles.

Hypertrophy

The enlargement of a muscle caused by an increase in the size of its cells in response to training.

Isometric contraction

A contraction where the muscle contracts to increase tension but there is no change in the length of the muscle.

Concentric contraction

A contraction where the muscle shortens in length as it overcomes or moves a resistance.

Eccentric contraction

A contraction where the muscle lengthens while continuing to contract because the resistance is greater than the muscular force.

VO2max

Greatest rate at which oxygen can be taken in and used; normal aerobic capacity for college athletes is between $45-60\,mL/kg/min$.

Karvonen equation

A formula used to estimate target training heart rate: $\text{Target Training HR} = \text{Resting HR} + (0.6 \times [\text{Max HR} - \text{Resting HR}])$.

Hyperthermia

A condition of significantly elevated body temperature.

WBGT index

Universal Wet Bulb Globe Temperature index; used to monitor heat stress by measuring dry bulb, wet bulb, and globe temperatures.

Exertional heatstroke

A serious life-threatening condition characterized by CNS dysfunction and rectal temperature greater than $104^{\circ}\text{F}$.

Flash-to-bang method

A method to estimate lightning distance by counting the seconds from the sighting to the hearing of thunder and dividing by $5$.

Circadian Dysrhythmia

Commonly known as jet lag; the desynchronization of the athlete’s biological and biophysical time clock due to rapid travel across time zones.

NOCSAE

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment; establishes voluntary test standards to reduce head injuries by certifying helmets.

Strain

A stretch, tear, or rip in muscle, fascia, or tendon caused by abnormal muscle contraction.

Sprain

A traumatic joint twist that results in stretching or total tearing of stabilizing connective tissues like ligaments or capsules.

Subluxation

A partial dislocation in which there is an incomplete separation between two articulating bones.

Wolff’s law

The principle that bone and soft tissue will respond to the physical demands placed on them by remodeling or realigning along lines of tensile force.

Rapport

A relationship of mutual trust and understanding between the athlete and the athletic trainer.

Phalen’s Test

A diagnostic test for carpal tunnel syndrome where the back of the hands are held together with full flexion for $1$ minute.

Pharmacokinetics

The method by which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated or excreted by the body.

Anabolic Steroids

Synthetically created chemical compounds that resemble testosterone and are used to maximize protein synthesis and muscle mass.

Female Athlete Triad

A syndrome involving three interrelated conditions: disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis.