Principles of Athletic Training Exam Questions Bank

Principles of Athletic Training Exam Questions Bank What body weight percentages for females and males are considered obese? What is obese? - Females 30% Males 20% Obesity= excessive amount of body fat What are athletic trainers? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 1950 What does NATA stand for? What was the original purpose of them? - National Athletic Training Association To establish professional standards for Athletic Trainers Where was the first meeting/formation of NATA? - 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)"? - Athlete What term describes "A health care facility for treating individuals who have an illness or injury"? - Athletic training clinic What term describes "Broad field of health care related to physical activity and sport"? - Sports medicine What are some of the professions that included in sports medicine? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - 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? - To