Basics of Injury Rehabilitation

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated from lecture notes covering injury rehabilitation components, continuum phases, proprioceptive skills, and therapeutic modalities.

Kinetic Chain

An interconnected system designed to absorb, distribute, and produce forces, which is responsible for human movement.

POLICE Principle

An acute injury first aid technique standing for Protection, Optimal Loading, Ice, Compression, and Elevation, used to minimize bleeding and control swelling.

Core

The lumbo-pelvic-hip region that dynamically stabilizes the entire kinetic chain during functional movement.

Neuromuscular Control

The use of sensory neural input and motor output to exert volitional (deliberate) control of skeletal muscles.

Proprioceptors

Afferent nerves that receive and send impulses from stimuli within skin, muscles, joints, and tendons to the central nervous system.

Proprioception

The body's ability to transmit afferent information regarding position sense, interpret the information, and respond consciously or unconsciously through appropriate posture and movement.

Balance

The body's ability to maintain equilibrium by controlling its center of gravity (COG) over its base of support (BOS).

Coordination

The complex process by which a smooth pattern of activity is produced through a combination of muscles acting together with appropriate intensity and timing.

Agility

The ability to control the direction of a body or segment during rapid movement.

Stabilization Phase

The initial phase of functional progression that corrects structural integrity deficits in the kinetic chain, muscle imbalances, and neuromuscular deficits.

Strength Phase

The phase of functional progression focused on enhancing stabilization strength and endurance during functional movement patterns using high-volume resistive exercises.

Power Phase

The phase of functional progression utilizing multiplanar movements to train at $30\text{--}45\text{\%}$ of maximum strength while accelerating through the entire range of motion.

Functional Testing

Assessments used to evaluate an athlete's ability to perform a single sport-specific activity using a single maximum effort to compare against a pre-season baseline.

Cryotherapy

Therapeutic application of cold used for acute pain, swelling, and muscle spasms, which is contraindicated in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon or cold allergies.

Raynaud's Phenomenon

A condition characterized by exaggerated vascular responses to cold, causing severe pale or cyanotic discoloration in extremities, serving as a primary contraindication to cryotherapy.

Thermotherapy

Therapeutic application of superficial heat to increase subcutaneous tissue temperature and blood flow, indicated for subacute or chronic pain and contraindicated for acute injuries.

Contrast Bath

A therapeutic modality involving alternating cold ($50\text{--}60^\text{o}\text{F}$) and hot ($98\text{--}110^\text{o}\text{F}$) water immersions to produce a vasodilation-vasoconstriction response.

Cochrane Review

Systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy that evaluate the effects and efficacy of healthcare interventions.

NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs)

Medications that can reduce acute pain and swelling in sprains, but are strictly contraindicated for bone fractures and stress fractures due to harmful effects on bone formation.