Full Description
For more than 10 years, the Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training has assisted clinicians and students in applying current concepts applicable to the profession while in the classroom, clinic, or on the field.
Now updated into a Third Edition, this pocket-sized, comprehensive, and user-friendly companion guide is an essential resource from Dr. Julie N. Bernier and Dr. Linda S. Levy.
With over 2100 terms and 20 appendices, the Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training, Third Edition includes a more complete series of neurologic and musculoskeletal special tests, as well as available evidence-based data including likelihood ratios, and interrater and intrarater reliability data to support the use of each test.
Additional updates include:• References to accreditation
• Goniometric range of motion measures
• Pharmacology
• Concussion assessment protocol
• The NATA's Code of Ethics
The Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training, Third Edition will textually and visually provide the athletic training clinician and student with a quick overview of the essential elements of the profession.
Contents
Dedication Acknowledgements About the Editors Introduction Appendix 1: Medical Roots Terminology Appendix 2: Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix 3: Symbols Appendix 4: Anatomical Terms of Orientation and Direction Appendix 5: Muscles—Origin, Insertion, Action Appendix 6: Manual Muscle Testing Appendix 7: Normal Joint Ranges of Motion Appendix 8: Cranial Nerves and Assessment Appendix 9: Concussion Assessment Appendix 10: Nerve Root Assessment—Upper Extremity Appendix 11: Nerve Root Assessment—Lower Extremity Appendix 12: Evidence-Based Research Appendix 13: Peripheral Nerve Innervations— Upper Extremity Appendix 14: Peripheral Nerve Innervations—Lower Extremity Appendix 15: Grades of Pain Appendix 16: End Feel Appendix 17: Joint Mobility Positioning Appendix 18: Special Tests Appendix 19: Pharmacology Appendix 20: NATA Code of Ethics Bibliography
