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Physical Education - Summary of sports injuries/research topics

Summary of sports injuries/research topics

It is important for students to be familiar with recent developments in
the treatment of injuries.

Content that could be researched further, in the area of treatment of
injuries, includes:

* common types of sports injuries

* fitness

* rules, umpiring, role of the coach, codes of conduct

* protective clothing and equipment

* warm up and cool down

* prevention of injury through taping, strapping, protective padding on
equipment and objects, warm up ,intelligent design of grounds, surfaces,
clothing, shoes etc

* assessment of soft tissue injury and concussion

* management of injury

* acute management of soft tissue injury

* an awareness of some of the techniques recently developed for the
medical management of soft tissue injuries; for example, active rest,
physiotherapy, massage, stretching and strengthening, use of heat; the
Hyperbaric [1] chamber

* electrotherapy including ultrasound and interferential treatment

* surgery including arthroscopy

Acute management of soft tissue injury refers to the immediate treatment
of trauma to skeletal muscle. The widely recognised regime of RICE is
recommended here.

Medical management techniques for soft tissue injuries in recent years
have developed enormously and you are expected to have an awareness of some
of the recent innovations. These could be selected from any of the
techniques listed above.

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