KPE 273 Lecture 1: Chapter 1

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Course: KPE 273
• Professor: Weeks

Document Summary

Experts in prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries resulting from physical activity. National athletic trainers" association: 1950- first meeting, 1990- ama officially recognized athletic trainers as allied health care professionals, 1999- aha assigned uniform billing codes, 2005- creation of the nata political action committee (nata-pac) Board of certification: major performance domains: Addresses the risks associated with safe performance and function. Focus: minimizing the risk of injury through awareness. Addresses the responsibilities of the athletic trainer in using standard evaluation techniques and formulating a clinical impression for the determination of a course of action. Systematic format that includes: obtaining an individual"s history through observation, interview, and/or review of relevant records, appropriate visual and palpation techniques, appropriate tests, formulating a clinical diagnosis, educating the individuals. Identifies the role of the athletic trainer subsequent to determining the nature and extent of an injury or illness.