Arnheim's principles of athletic training : a competency-based approach / William E. Prentice
Imprint
Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2006
Edition
12th ed
Descript
xxiii, 1002, [58] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
CONTENT
Professional development and responsibilities -- The athletic trainer and the sports medicine team -- Health care administration in athletic training -- Legal concerns and insurance issues -- Risk management -- Training and conditioning techniques -- Nutritional considerations -- Environmental considerations -- Protective gear and sports equipment -- Bandaging and taping -- Pathology of sports injury -- Mechanisms and characteristics of sports trauma -- Tissue response to injury -- Management skills -- Psychosocial intervention for sports injuries and illnesses -- On-the-field acute care and emergency procedures -- Off-the-field injury evaluation -- Bloodborne pathogens -- Using therapeutic modalities -- Using therapeutic exercise in rehabilitation -- Pharmacology, drugs, and sports -- Musculoskeletal conditions -- The foot -- The ankle and lower leg -- The knee and related structures -- The thigh, hip, groin, and pelvis -- The shoulder complex -- The elbow -- The forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers -- The spine -- General medical conditions -- The head, face, eyes, ears, nose and throat -- The thorax and abdomen -- Skin disorders -- Additional general medical conditions