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Sports Medicine CPU

Introduction

In the Sports Medicine CPU, students use a skinfold caliper which is used to measure the thickness of a fold of skin with its underlying layer of fat.The Sports Medicine CPU introduces students to a growing field in the health care industry that is creating many exciting job opportunities for properly trained personnel.  Sports medicine is a circle of care that begins on the playing field, advances to treatment, progresses to rehabilitation, and returns to the playing field.

Students use hands-on activities that introduce them to proper stretching techniques, athletic taping, on-the-spot treatment of athletic injuries, rehabilitation, nutrition, and much more.

Featured Careers

  • Athletic trainer

  • Fitness trainer

  • Physical therapist and assistant

  • Massage therapist

Skill Development

Health Science Skills

  • Students examine several careers in the field of sports medicine.Anatomy and physiology and the cardiovascular, muscular, and skeletal systems

  • Kinesiology and biomechanics

  • Physical fitness assessment

  • Athletic taping and strapping procedures

  • Sport-specific injury diagnosis and rehabilitation techniques

  • Importance of nutrition

  • Testing the effects of drugs and other substances on athletic performance

Academic Skills

  • Reading

  • Writing

  • Chemistry

  • Mathematics - algebra

What's Included

  • Applied Technologies Sports Medicine courseware CD

  • Sports medicine textbook

  • Stretching textbooks

  • Exercise textbook

  • Goniometer

  • Ankle exercise board

  • Exercise bands

  • Knee injury poster

  • Hip and knee poster

  • Skinfold caliper set

  • Portable taping stand

  • Exercise mat

  • Muscled shoulder model

  • Stopwatch

  • Daphnia magna and Daphnia magna culture kit

  • Microscope

  • Miscellaneous materials and consumables

  • Instructor's Overview

  • Media Cruiser

Ordering Information

Sports Medicine - HS1062
CPU Objectives

 

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