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HEALTH PROFESSIONS Sports Medicine

Foundations of Athletic Training Prevention, Assessment, and Management Sixth Edition By Marcia K Anderson DESCRIPTION Comprehensive, and evidence-based, Foundations of Athletic Training, Sixth Edition integrates basic medical concepts and related scientific information to help athletic trainers and students develop a strong foundation in athletic training best practices.

Using a problem-solving approach to the prevention, recogni- tion, assessment, management, and disposition of sports-relat- ed injuries and diseases, the text helps students learn to think like practitioners and is fully aligned with the BOC competencies. This Sixth Edition has been updated throughout to reflect current best practices in the field and includes four new chapters, new and updated references, and a powerful suite of online learning resources that save instructors time and help students succeed. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Full alignment with the BOC competencies helps students master essential knowledge and skills and prepare for the certification exam and entry into the profession. ▶ ▶ A new chapter on Evidence-Based Practice Health Care introduces students to the concepts and terminology in EBP that establish standards for best practices in the field. ▶ ▶ A new chapter on Acute Injury Assessment and Dispositions covers emergency care strategies to prevent and prepare for emergency situations and minimize the extent of injury following current best practices as recommended by the National Athletic Trainers’Association. ▶ ▶ A new chapter on Assessment of Body Alignment Posture and Gait prepares students how to identify normal and faulty posture and interpret the findings for effective practice. ▶ ▶ A new chapter on Athletes with Physical Disabilities introduces students to the most common physical disability groups represented in the Paralympic Games: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Cerebral Palsy (CP), and Amputation ▶ ▶ Updated References refer to works published within the last five years, as well as to original ground-breaking research. ▶ ▶ Full color images make it easier to recognize and manage sports-related injuries and medical conditions.

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Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in October, 2012. (978-1-4511-1652-6)

Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-3087-1 / (US$129.99 / £56.00(t) / €67.00(t)) Worldwide Approx. 1,072 pp. / July 2016

Wolters Kluwer

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