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Athletic Injuries ATC 222

Athletic Injuries ATC 222. Protective Sports Equipment Chapter 6. Legal Concerns. Reputable manufacturer Best equipment possible Assembled correctly Proper Maintenance Use only for intended purpose Warn athletes of use and risk. Legal Concerns (Cont.).

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Athletic Injuries ATC 222

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  1. Athletic Injuries ATC 222 Protective Sports Equipment Chapter 6

  2. Legal Concerns • Reputable manufacturer • Best equipment possible • Assembled correctly • Proper Maintenance • Use only for intended purpose • Warn athletes of use and risk

  3. Legal Concerns (Cont.) • Use caution in construction/modification • No defective equipment • Regular updates/inspection

  4. Purpose of Protective Equipment • Shock/Force • Absorb • Disperse • Weapon?

  5. Head Protection • Football helmet • Types • suspended (old) • padded • combination • NOCSAE • Fitting on page 135

  6. Head Protection • Ice Hockey • Canadian Standards Association • Puck and higher speeds • Baseball • NOCSAE

  7. Face Protection • Face guards • football • ice hockey • baseball • lacrosse

  8. Mouth Protection • Mouth Guard Types • Ready-made stock • Commercial (boil and bite) • Custom fitted

  9. Ear Protection • Wrestling • Boxing • What is this condition?

  10. Eye Protection • Goggles • Eye Glasses/Corrective lenses • case hardened • plastic lenses • photochromic

  11. Neck Protection • Neck rolls • “Cowboy Collar”

  12. Shoulder Protection • Shoulder Pad Types • flat • cantilever • Fitting on pages 141-142 • Customized foam pads • Rib protectors

  13. Shoe Wear • Critical Parts • last (stiffness and shape) • heel counter • toe box • length • width at metatarsal heads and at sole • bend of shoe • achilles pad

  14. Inserts/Orthotics • full insole • sorbothane • arch supports • heel cups • custom fabricated orthotics

  15. Ankle bracing • lace-up vs. elastic • bracing vs. taping

  16. Miscellaneous • Neopreme sleeves/straps • patello-femoral syndrome • Osgood-Schlatter’s • Flak Jacket • Fabrication of Equipment • foam/felt • heat moldable

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