NSCA chapter 22

The responsibility for the day-to-day physical health of an athlete falls to which of the following members of the sports medicine team?

a. strength and conditioning professional

b. athletic trainer

c. exercise physiologist

d. physiotherapist

b. athletic trainer

Which of the following types of injury is characterized by an excess accumulation of blood and fluid in the tissues surrounding an injured muscle?

a. tendinitis

b. sprain

c. contusion

d. subluxation

c. contusion

After suffering a broken wrist, what is the sequence of phases of healing that an athlete must go through before returning to play?

a. inflammatory response, fibroblastic repair, maturation-remodeling

b. maturation-remodeling, inflammatory response, fibroblastic repair

c. fibroblastic repair, inflammatory response, maturation-remodeling

d. inflammatory response, maturation-remodeling, fibroblastic repair

a. inflammatory response, fibroblastic repair, maturation-remodeling

Which of the following phases of healing is characterized by random deposits of Type III collagen fibers along the injured structure?

a. fibroblastic repair

b. inflammatory response

c. maturation-remodeling

d. phagocytosis-macrophage

a. fibroblastic repair

Which of the following is a treatment goal for rehabilitation during the inflammatory response phase of an injury?

a. avoidance of excessive muscle atrophy

b. prevention of new tissue disruption

c. optimization of tissue function

d. maintenance of function of the cardiorespiratory system

b. prevention of new tissue disruption

Which of the following is an exercise strategy during the maturation-remodeling phase of an injury?

a. passive rest of the injured area

b. balancing training activities

c. submaximal isometric exercise

d. joint angle-specific strengthening

d. joint angle-specific strengthening

Which of the following is an exercise strategy during the fibroblastic repair phase of an injury?

a. velocity-specific muscle activities

b. closed kinetic chain exercise

c. proprioceptive training activities

d. submaximal isokinetic exercise

d. submaximal isokinetic exercise

Which of the following is a treatment goal for rehabilitation during the maturation-remodeling phase of an injury?

a. optimization of tissue function

b. prevention of new tissue disruption

c. avoidance of joint deterioration

d. immediate loading of the neuromusculoskeletal system

a. optimization of tissue function

Which of the following is an example of a closed kinetic chain exercise?

a. deadlift

b. lateral raise

c. bench press

d. shoulder press

a. deadlift

Which of the following is an example of an open kinetic chain exercise?

a. push-up

b. front squat

c. pull-up

d. leg curl

d. leg curl