Prentice, William E. <br/><br/>
Principles of athletic training :  a competency-based approach / 
Prentice, W. E.  
 - Fifteenth edition. 
 - xvii, 958 pages :  color illustrations ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Professional development and responsibilities. The athletic trainer as a health care provider -- Health care organization and administration in athletic training -- Legal concerns and insurance issues -- Risk management. Fitness and conditioning techniques -- Nutrition and supplements -- Environmental considerations -- Protective equipment -- Wrapping and taping -- Pathology of sports injury. Mechanisms and characteristics of musculoskeletal and nerve trauma -- Tissue response to injury -- Management skills. Psychosocial intervention for sports injuries and illnesses -- On-the-field acute care and emergency procedures -- Off-the-field injury evaluation -- Infectious diseases, bloodborne pathogens, and universal precautions -- Using therapeutic modalities -- Using therapeutic exercise in rehabilitation -- Pharmacology, drugs, and sports -- Musculoskeletal conditions. The foot -- The ankle and lower leg -- The knee and related structures -- The thigh, hip, groin, and pelvis -- The shoulder complex -- The elbow -- The forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers -- The spine -- General medical conditions. The head, face, eyes, ears, nose, and throat -- The thorax and abdomen -- Skin disorders -- Additional general medical conditions -- Addresses of professional sports medicine organizations -- NATA position, official, consensus, and support statements -- Sports medicine : related journals -- Sample resume -- NATA Code of Ethics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781259060786 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012036184 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Athletic trainers.<br/>Physical education and training.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV207 .3  / .PA 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>617.1/027