KINE2495 - Lecture 1

Sports medicine definition

Broad field of medical practices related to physical activity and sport (performance enhacement and injury care and management)

Sports medicine team is composed of?

Primary and secondary care team

primary care team members?

Athlete, coach, team doctor, athletic therapist

Primary care responsibilities of athlete?

Performance and injury prevention

Primary care responsibilities of coach?

Teach skills and strategies of sports, team leader, Administration , injury prevention*

Primary care responsibilities of team doctor?

Supervise health care of team, determine mental and physical fitness of athletes

T or F: Coaches, therapist and doctors were in early Greek and Roman civilizations

True

What organization was started first, NATA or CATA?

NATA, started in 1930 but stopped due to WW2, reestablished in 1930

When did the CATA start?

1960's

Definition of athletic therapist

professional specializing in health care for the physically active. Experts in preventing, recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries

Main roles of athletic therapist?

Injury prevention, healthcare provision of athletes

Other roles of athletic therapist

Clinical evaluating and differential diagnosis, immediate/ emergency care, treatment and rehab, organizationaland professional, health and well-being

Athletic therapist responsibilities

Educator, counselor, researcher, continuing education

Steps of research as an AT

1. Develop clinical Question (PICO)
2. Search literature
3. Appraise evidence
4. Apply evidence
5. Assess outcome

PICO clinical question

Patient (female athletes) , Intervention (hamstring strengthening) , Comparison (quad strengthening), Outcome (ACL prevention)

"Does hamstring strengthening help ace injury prevention in female athletes in comparison to quad strengthening"

T or F: AT use evidence-based practice only?

F: AT uses evidence-based practice (ONLY literature) & evidence-informed practice (literature & personal knowledge)

CATA stands for what?

Canadian Athletic Therapist Association

CASEM stands for what?

Canadian academy of sport and exercise medicine

Professional sports medicine organizations

CARA, NATA, CASEM, sport physiology Canada

NATA stands for what?

National Athletic Trainers Association