PRINCIPLES OF ATHLETIC
TRAINING A GUIDE TO EVIDENCE
BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE 18TH
EDITION BY WILLIAM E PRENTICE
2026 COMPLETE TEST BANK
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What are athletic trainers?
Answer: Health care professionals who specialize in preventing,
recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries. In cooperation with
physicians, other allied health personnel, administrators, coaches, and
parents, the AT functional as an integral member of the health care team
in clinics, secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional
sports programs, and other athletic health care settings.
◉ Who had a major influence on developing athletic trainer into a
specialist and how did he do this?
Answer: S. E. Bilik, he was a physician who wrote the first major text on
AT and the care of athletic injuries, The Trainer's Bible, 1917
◉ What did the Cramer family start?
Answer: In the early 1920's the Cramer family started a chemical
company and began producing a liniment (lotion/liquid) to treat ankle
sprains
◉ In what year was the NATA formed?
,Answer: 1950
◉ What does NATA stand for? What was the original purpose of them?
Answer: National Athletic Training Association
To establish professional standards for Athletic Trainers
◉ Where was the first meeting/formation of NATA?
Answer: Kansas City, Missouri
◉ What term describes "A physically active individual who participates
in recreational or organized sports activities who is currently not injured
(patient is an ill or injured athlete in this text)"?
Answer: Athlete
◉ What term describes "A health care facility for treating individuals
who have an illness or injury"?
Answer: Athletic training clinic
◉ What term describes "Broad field of health care related to physical
activity and sport"?
Answer: Sports medicine
◉ What are some of the professions that included in sports medicine?
,Answer: Performance enhancement-
Exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports psych, sports nutrition,
strength and conditioning, coaching, and personal fitness training
Injury care and management-
Practice of medicine, athletic training, sports physical therapist, sports
massage therapist, sports dentistry, osteopathic medicine,
orthotics/prosthetic, sports chiropractic, sports podiatry, emergency
medical technician
◉ What are the goals of professional organizations in AT?
Answer: 1. To upgrade the field by devising and maintaining a set of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, including a code of ethics
2. To BRING TOGETHER professionally competent individuals to
exchange ideas, stimulate research, and promote critical thinking
3. To give individuals opportunity to WORK AS A GROUP with a
singleness of purpose, thereby making it possible for them to achieve
objectives that, separately, they couldn't accomplish.
◉ What is FIMS? When was it established and what does it do today?
Answer: Federation International de Medecine Sportive
-Created in 1928 at the Olympic Winter Games in St. Mortiz,
Switzerland
-Promotes the study and development of sports medicine throughout the
world
, ◉ What is AAFP? When was it founded and what is the purpose?
Answer: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
-Founded in 1947
-Promote and maintains high-quality standards for family doctors who
are providing continuing comprehensive health care to the public
-Many team physicians are members of this organization
◉ What is NATA? When was it founded?
Answer: National Athletic Training Association
-Founded in 1950
(Publishes in the Journal of Athletic Training and Athletic Training
Journal)
◉ What is the mission of the NATA?
Answer: To enhance the quality of health care provided by certified
athletic trainers and to advance the athletic training profession
◉ What is the ACSM? When was it established?
Answer: American College of Sports Medicine
-Established in 1954
◉ What are some professionals that make up the ACSM?
TRAINING A GUIDE TO EVIDENCE
BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE 18TH
EDITION BY WILLIAM E PRENTICE
2026 COMPLETE TEST BANK
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What are athletic trainers?
Answer: Health care professionals who specialize in preventing,
recognizing, managing, and rehabilitating injuries. In cooperation with
physicians, other allied health personnel, administrators, coaches, and
parents, the AT functional as an integral member of the health care team
in clinics, secondary schools, colleges and universities, professional
sports programs, and other athletic health care settings.
◉ Who had a major influence on developing athletic trainer into a
specialist and how did he do this?
Answer: S. E. Bilik, he was a physician who wrote the first major text on
AT and the care of athletic injuries, The Trainer's Bible, 1917
◉ What did the Cramer family start?
Answer: In the early 1920's the Cramer family started a chemical
company and began producing a liniment (lotion/liquid) to treat ankle
sprains
◉ In what year was the NATA formed?
,Answer: 1950
◉ What does NATA stand for? What was the original purpose of them?
Answer: National Athletic Training Association
To establish professional standards for Athletic Trainers
◉ Where was the first meeting/formation of NATA?
Answer: Kansas City, Missouri
◉ What term describes "A physically active individual who participates
in recreational or organized sports activities who is currently not injured
(patient is an ill or injured athlete in this text)"?
Answer: Athlete
◉ What term describes "A health care facility for treating individuals
who have an illness or injury"?
Answer: Athletic training clinic
◉ What term describes "Broad field of health care related to physical
activity and sport"?
Answer: Sports medicine
◉ What are some of the professions that included in sports medicine?
,Answer: Performance enhancement-
Exercise physiology, biomechanics, sports psych, sports nutrition,
strength and conditioning, coaching, and personal fitness training
Injury care and management-
Practice of medicine, athletic training, sports physical therapist, sports
massage therapist, sports dentistry, osteopathic medicine,
orthotics/prosthetic, sports chiropractic, sports podiatry, emergency
medical technician
◉ What are the goals of professional organizations in AT?
Answer: 1. To upgrade the field by devising and maintaining a set of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, including a code of ethics
2. To BRING TOGETHER professionally competent individuals to
exchange ideas, stimulate research, and promote critical thinking
3. To give individuals opportunity to WORK AS A GROUP with a
singleness of purpose, thereby making it possible for them to achieve
objectives that, separately, they couldn't accomplish.
◉ What is FIMS? When was it established and what does it do today?
Answer: Federation International de Medecine Sportive
-Created in 1928 at the Olympic Winter Games in St. Mortiz,
Switzerland
-Promotes the study and development of sports medicine throughout the
world
, ◉ What is AAFP? When was it founded and what is the purpose?
Answer: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
-Founded in 1947
-Promote and maintains high-quality standards for family doctors who
are providing continuing comprehensive health care to the public
-Many team physicians are members of this organization
◉ What is NATA? When was it founded?
Answer: National Athletic Training Association
-Founded in 1950
(Publishes in the Journal of Athletic Training and Athletic Training
Journal)
◉ What is the mission of the NATA?
Answer: To enhance the quality of health care provided by certified
athletic trainers and to advance the athletic training profession
◉ What is the ACSM? When was it established?
Answer: American College of Sports Medicine
-Established in 1954
◉ What are some professionals that make up the ACSM?
