TY - BOOK AU - Prentice,William E. TI - Principles of athletic training: a competency-based approach SN - 9781259060786 AV - GV207 .3 .PA 2014 U1 - 617.1/027 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Athletic trainers KW - Physical education and training N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -