Kinesiology 2236A/B Quiz: Athletic Injuries

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

Document Summary

Comprehensive model for injury causation factors: eg: he will get injured before us b/c of old man muscle, body composition, interchondolar notch is smaller in female, when. There are some things about an athlete that will predispose an athlete to an. Don(cid:495)t need to memorize this understand the examples of different types of injury these are internal risk factors: woman 10:1 for man for acl injury being a woman predisposes you. Also have external risk factors whether they are predisposed or not. One of the most important roles is to minimize activity related injury: improve benefit: risk ratio together might be injured. )t(cid:495)s happened, they(cid:495)ve run into: decrease consequences for after change outcome for after injury do we have rehab, a first aid kid, etc. Primary prevention: how do we prevent the injurious situation from happening all together. Can focus on 1 of 3 dimensions: athlete (technique, neuromuscular function, conditioning, surroundings (floor/surface friction, rules, equipment (shoe friction, protective properties)