Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sports Equipment, Relative Risk

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

Document Summary

Internal risk factors: predispose an athlete to injury. External risk factors: make the athlete susceptible. Injury prevention: one of the most important roles is to minimize activity related injury, can be characterized by being. Primary: we use the term prevention synonymously with primary prevention, how do we prevent the injurious. Secondary: things to protect the athlete should a potentially injurious situation arise. Includes sports equipment like: release bindings, helmet technology, shin pads, taping/bracing. Tertiary: focus on reducing the consequences of injury, emergency medical coverage, first aid equipment and rehab, haddon"s matrix. Video: primary how do we prevent this from happening in the first place?\ Surrounding: rules head shots, helmet as a weapon, coaching type of drill: secondary how do we protect them if the situation arises. Equipment: good new or recertified helmets: tertiary how do we minimize the consequences. Athlete: teach athletes to know body and report injury. Surrounding: train coaches in first aid, eap.