Nutritional considerations for performance and rehabilitation
Energy and calories Energy is measured in Joules, however the term most often used in dietetics and amongst athletes is the kcal (one kcal equals 4.2 kJoules). To maintain energy…
Assessment and Needs Analysis
(Squat jump) Jump mat: r = 0.967Jump mat: r = 0.97Jump and reach: r = 0.906Force Plate: r = 0.75–0.99a Leard et al. (2007)Markovic et al. (2004)Leard et al. (2007)Moir…
Pathophysiology of skeletal injuries
Bone is a living, well-organised, vascular form of connective tissue. It is largely composed of an organic protein, collagen, and an inorganic mineral, hydroxyapatite, which combine to provide a mechanical…
Clinical reasoning
Leaver-Dunn, Harrelson, Martin and Wyatt (2002), investigated the tendency of undergraduate athletic training students to think critically. Their research findings provide some useful considerations in terms of understanding critical thinking…
Management of acute sport injury
Specific injuries encountered It is surprisingly difficult to locate summary data on the incidences of specific injuries in sport. Apart from the epidemiological challenges previously outlined, there are some practical…
Psychology and sports rehabilitation
Cognitive appraisal According to the stress model, the way your athlete cognitively interprets a situation is affected by their personality and their coping styles. Cognitive appraisal affects stress levels, which…
Pathophysiology of ligament injuries
Each ligament is built by multiple fascicle units. Each fascicle carries the collagen fibrils and fibroblasts cells in longitudinal lines and encapsulates them in a loose connective tissue called endoligament….
Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle injuries
An individual muscle fibre is a long cylindrical cell with multiple nuclei bound by its sarcolemma (Lutz and Lieber 1999). The sarcolemma invaginates around the muscle fibre forming T-tubules. Each…
Introduction to sport injury management
Figure 1.1 Diagram showing the breadth of sport injury management. Note that in the situation of an athlete who is a minor child, the parents or carers become part of…
