Sports medicine continues to be a rapidly evolving field of study. The Sixth Edition of Concepts of Athletic Training focuses on the care and management of sport and activity related injuries while presenting key concepts in a comprehensive, logically sequential manner that will assist future professionals in making the correct decisions when confronted with an activity-related injury or illness in their scope of practice.
Chapters have a good mixture of text, tables, and illustrations to make learning easy and fun and the material is presented in a fashion that is succinct yet provides the student with plenty of direction to get more in depth information as needed.
Initial decisions and subsequent actions are critical in determining the outcome of a sports injury. This well established text addresses not only the concepts of athletic training to the student, but provides information that will assist the potential coach or other individuals involved in sports medicine.
Key Features
- Real life scenarios (What If? features) encourage students to work on critical decision- making skills. These scenarios can have many applications, such as simple decision-making practice sessions alone or with another student or, ideally, as the script for role-play exercises in a sports-injury class laboratory practice session.
- Time Out boxes highlight additional information related to the text, such as NATA Athletic Helmet Removal Guidelines, guidelines for working with an injured athlete, how to recognize the signs of a concussion, and first aid for epilepsy
- Athletic Trainers Speak Out boxes feature a different athletic trainer in every chapter who discusses an element of athlete care and injury prevention
The text also includes:
- Guidelines for CPR, AED, and management of bloodborne pathogens.
- Overview of the educational requirements to become a BOC certified athletic trainer.
- Information on coaches as first responders.
- Numerous medical images to illustrate the injuries described in the text.
- New information relative to participation after knee injuries and updated. information on prevention of ACL injuries (Ch 15), sports hernias (Ch14), and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and breathing disorders (Ch13).
- Anatomy reviews in relevant chapters to introduce body parts to students unfamiliar with human anatomy and provide a refresher for students who have had human anatomy.
About the Author(s)
- Dr. Pfeiffer has taught at Boise State University since 1979 and has been a BOC certified athletic trainer since 1978. He teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in musculoskeletal anatomy and sports injuries. His research is in the area of musculoskeletal injuries with a specific focus in recent years on injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament. He has co-authored a number of book chapters as well as research publications based on his research. He presently serves as the Director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at Boise State University. In his spare time, Dr. Pfeiffer serves as a volunteer athletic trainer for youth sports teams and enjoys fly fishing.
- Dr. Brent Mangus is currently the Dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He has done volunteer work with the UNLV athletic department men's and women's varsity teams and traveled with the U.S. Youth Soccer National Teams to competitions in France, Germany, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Argentina, and numerous events in the U.S. He has also worked in athletic training with Davis County High Schools in Utah and with Springfield High School in Springfield, Oregon. His degrees include: Ed.D University of Utah 1984- Exercise Science, M.S. University of Oregon 1978-Physical Education/ Sports Medicine, and B.S. Utah State University 1977- Dual B.S. Physical Education/ Health.
Contents
- Chapter 1 The Concept of Sports Injury
- Chapter 2 The Athletic Health Care Team
- Chapter 3 The Law of Sports Injury
- Chapter 4 Sports-Injury Prevention
- Chapter 5 The Psychology of Injury
- Chapter 6 Nutritional Considerations
- Chapter 7 Emergency Plan and Initial Injury Evaluation
- Chapter 8 The Injury Process
- Chapter 9 Injuries to the Head, Neck, and Face
- Chapter 10 Injuries to the Thoracic Through Coccygeal Spine
- Chapter 11 Injuries to the Shoulder Region
- Chapter 12 Injuries to the Arm, Wrist, and Hand
- Chapter 13 Injuries to the Thorax and Abdomen
- Chapter 14 Injuries to the Hip and Pelvis
- Chapter 15 Injuries to the Thigh, Leg, and Knee
- Chapter 16 Injuries to the lower leg, ankle, and foot
- Chapter 17 Skin Conditions in Sports
- Chapter 18 Thermal Injuries
- Chapter 19 Other Medical Concerns
- Chapter 20 The Adolescent Athlete: Special Medical Concerns
- Appendix 1 CPR
- Appendix 2 Bloodborne Pathogens
- Appendix 3 NATA Position Statement: Exertional Heat Illnesses
- Appendix 4 Weight Loss in Wrestlers
- Appendix 5 Generic First Aid Kit for Sports Injuries (Checklist)
- Appendix 6 Rehabilitation: An Overview
- Appendix 7 Equipment Fitting
Product Details
- Paperback: 376 pages
- Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Learning; 6 edition (February 3, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0763783781
- ISBN-13: 978-0763783785