ATTR 121- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)
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Definition of sports injury: single definition is unavailable, in school sport: As a result of particiaption in organized intercollegiate practice or game. Requires medical attention team athletic trainer or md. Results in restriction of participation or performance for 1+ days: classification. Acute: rapid onset, resulting from dramatic event: ex. sprain/fracture. 1st degree: mildest pain (p!) and disability. 2 : abnormal motion, edema, loss of function, ecchymosis (bruising) Loss of function, massive swelling, ecchymosis/hemorrhage, loss of joint stability. Strain grades: injury to muscle, grade i. Some fibers have been stretched or actually torn. Tenderness and pain on active rom, movement painful but full rom. ~50% of fibers have been torn and active contraction is painful partial tear. Significant impairment with initially a great deal of pain that diminishes due to nerve damage. Moderate swelling, ecchymosis, lump and depression, possible visible deformity. Common injuries contusion: aka : bruise, most common/frequent sports injury, moi (mechanism of injury): direct blow, s/s (signs and symptoms):
