KINE 3575 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Bone Pain, Sagittal Plane, Palpation
28 Sep 2016
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Diagnosis to establish cause or nature of the injury and functional impairement. Athletic therapist can only make clinical diagnosis and not medical, clinical identifies pathology of injury, the limitations and possible disabilities associated with condition. Diagnosis is what an athletic trainer actually does when evaluating an injury or illness. Surface anatomy: key surfaces provide examiner with indications of normal or injured anatomical structures lying underneath the skin. Body planes planes and anatomical directions are very important, they are used as reference points. Sagittal plane runs vertically front to back and divides body left and right halves. Coronal runs vertically right to left dividing the body into front and back. Transverse runs horizontally dividing body into upper and lower parts. Abdominopelvis quadrants and regions four corresponding regions of the abdomen divided for diagnostic reasons and diagnosis. Serve as reference points for underling organs and structures.
