Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training

by Julie N. Bernier, Linda Levy

Overview

For more than 10 years, the Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training has assisted clinicians and students in applying current concepts applicable to the profession while in the classroom, clinic, or on the field.

Now updated into a Third Edition, this pocket-sized, comprehensive, and user-friendly companion guide is an essential resource from Dr. Julie N. Bernier and Dr. Linda S. Levy.

With over 2100 terms and 20 appendices, the Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training, Third Edition includes a more complete series of neurologic and musculoskeletal special tests, as well as available evidence-based data including likelihood ratios, and interrater and intrarater reliability data to support the use of each test.

Additional updates include:• References to accreditation
• Goniometric range of motion measures
• Pharmacology
• Concussion assessment protocol
• The NATA’s Code of Ethics

The Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training, Third Edition will textually and visually provide the athletic training clinician and student with a quick overview of the essential elements of the profession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040138427
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	408
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Julie N. Bernier, EdD, ATC is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Plymouth State University. She previously served as Associate VP for Academic Affairs, department chair of Health and Human Performance and Director of graduate and undergraduate athletic training at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH, where she has been since 1988. Julie received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Keene State College in New Hampshire and her doctorate from the University of Virginia. She has previously served on the editorial board of the Journal of Athletic Training and on numerous NATA and NATA-REF committees. In her other life, she is a potter.

Linda S. Levy, EdD, ATC is the Athletic Training Education Program Director and chair of the Department of Health & Human Performance at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. A graduate of Keene State College (NH) with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Levy earned her doctorate at Argosy University (FL) in Educational Leadership. Her athletic training experience includes working at Rensselaer Institute of Technology, Regis College, and Hanover High School before fulfilling her goal of becoming an athletic training educator at Plymouth State University. Her teaching areas of interest include lower extremity injury assessment and athletic training administration, while her scholarly concentration involves athletic training clinical supervision. She has served on the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation Scholarship Committee, the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) Scholarship Committee, and the EATA Quiz Bowl Committee, and is currently a mentor on the National Athletic Trainers’ Student Committee.

Table of Contents

Dedication Acknowledgements About the Editors Introduction Appendix 1: Medical Roots Terminology Appendix 2: Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix 3: Symbols Appendix 4: Anatomical Terms of Orientation and Direction Appendix 5: Muscles—Origin, Insertion, Action Appendix 6: Manual Muscle Testing Appendix 7: Normal Joint Ranges of Motion Appendix 8: Cranial Nerves and Assessment Appendix 9: Concussion Assessment Appendix 10: Nerve Root Assessment—Upper Extremity Appendix 11: Nerve Root Assessment—Lower Extremity Appendix 12: Evidence-Based Research Appendix 13: Peripheral Nerve Innervations— Upper Extremity Appendix 14: Peripheral Nerve Innervations—Lower Extremity Appendix 15: Grades of Pain Appendix 16: End Feel Appendix 17: Joint Mobility Positioning Appendix 18: Special Tests Appendix 19: Pharmacology Appendix 20: NATA Code of Ethics Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

This pocket (4.25x6.75") reference for athletic training professionals defines some 2,100 terms related to the field of athletic training and offers 22 appendices covering various topics such as abbreviations, neuroanatomy, special physical tests, normal joint ranges of motion, codes of ethics, and prescription drugs. Bernier is chair of the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at Plymouth State College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Reviewer: Kimberly M Martin, MS, ATC (The Ohio State University)
Description: This is a compilation of commonly used athletic training vocabulary presented in a portable, easily accessible format for students and clinicians. This third edition is updated to reflect changes in the profession such as accreditation terminology and evidence-based practice. Previous editions were published in 2005 and 2002.
Purpose: The authors have designed this reference so both clinicians and students can locate accurate information quickly and easily. The wide variety of information they have compiled crosses multiple domains in athletic training.
Audience: It is intended for anyone in the field of athletic training. It would be ideal for inexperienced athletic training students during their transition into clinical settings, as it can be referred to discretely. It also can be used in practice settings by established practitioners as a quick reference. Between them the authors have many years of athletic training practice and education of athletic training students.
Features: This pocket-sized dictionary of terms commonly used in the practice of athletic training also includes more information in multiple appendixes. Areas it covers include medical and anatomical terminology, manual muscle testing, and special orthopedic tests, among others, as well as the National Athletic Trainers' Association Code of Ethics, evidence-based practice, and updated concussion management guidelines. Due to the small size of the book, some of the pictures do not provide the detail most readers would be used to, but the small size allows the book to be carried in a medical kit or a pocket.
Assessment: This book would be useful for a quick check of information. It covers topics typically found in much larger, detailed books, or across multiple references. The addition of material on evidence-based practice and the section on concussion management warrant this new edition.

Doody's Review Service

"This book would be useful for a quick check of information. The addition of material on evidence-based practice and the section on concussion management warrant this new edition."    

- Kimberly Martin, MS, ATC, Doody's Book Review Service

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