Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sports Equipment, Relative Risk

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

Document Summary

Gender will predispose you to certain injuries females vs. males (eg. width of the intercondylar arch will have more potential for injury) The sport itself like contact or non-contact. Surface of the environment, environment, weather, protective equipment. External risk factors will make us more susceptible. Playing situation what is going on (the player"s emotions, the biomechanical description of contact and running at each other) As soon as the risk is higher than the perceived benefit, then there is less participation. (eg. risk of concussion or budget costs). Safety is a high reason, changes how we teach people in tackles, hockey, things to increase the benefits. One of the most important roles is to minimize activity related injury. Can be characterized by being: primary, secondary, tertiary. Types of prevention: primary how do we prevent the situation from happening altogether, we don"t want to put the player in the.