SPORTS MEDICINE EOPA 2026 ATHLETIC INJURY PREVENTION ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE

SPORTS MEDICINE EOPA 2026 ATHLETIC
INJURY PREVENTION ASSESSMENT STUDY
GUIDE

◉ Adduction
Answer: Movement toward the midline of the body


◉ Acute Injury
Answer: An injury with sudden onset and short duration (1-3 days)


◉ Aerobic
Answer: Process that requires oxygen EX: running, soccer


◉ Anaerobic
Answer: Process that does not require oxygen EX: football


◉ dynamic stretching
Answer: technique in which muscles are stretched by moving joints
slowly and fluidly through their range of motion in a controlled
manner; also called functional stretching

, ◉ What does caffine do?
Answer: increase dehydration


◉ ballistic stretching
Answer: a technique in which muscles are stretched by the force
generated as a body part is repeatedly bounced, swung, or jerked


◉ carbohydrate loading
Answer: the practice of greatly increasing carbohydrate intake and
decreasing exercise on the days immediately before a competition


◉ Carbohydrates
Answer: the starches and sugars present in foods


◉ closed chain exercise
Answer: squats (distal end is fixed)


◉ Open chain exercise
Answer: bicep curl (distal end is not fixed)


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