Flashcards: Sports medicine

Sports medicine, also known as sport and exercise medicine (SEM), is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.

Eye black is a grease applied under the eyes to reduce glare.

Athletic heart syndrome, (AHS) also known as athlete's heart, athletic bradycardia, or exercise-induced cardiomegaly is a nonpathological condition commonly seen in sports medicine, in which the human heart is enlarged, and the resting heart rate is lower than normal.

Athletic taping is the process of applying tape directly to the skin in order to maintain a stable position of bones and muscles during athletic activity.

Phosphatidylserine (abbreviated Ptd-L-Ser or PS) is a phospholipid and is a component of the cell membrane.

Dental barotrauma is a condition in which barometric pressure changes in the external environment cause damage to the dentition.

Achilles tendon rupture is when the achilles tendon breaks.

An athletic trainer is a certified and licensed health care professional who practices in the field of sports medicine.

A hip pointer is a contusion on the pelvis caused by a direct blow or a bad fall at an iliac crest and / or hip bone and a bruise of the abdominal muscles (transverse and oblique abdominal muscles).

Athletic pubalgia, also called sports hernia, hockey hernia, hockey groin, Gilmore's Groin, or groin disruption is a medical condition of the pubic joint affecting athletes.

Shoulder impingement syndrome, also called subacromial impingement, painful arc syndrome, supraspinatus syndrome, swimmer's shoulder, and thrower's shoulder, is a clinical syndrome which occurs when the tendons of the rotator cuff muscles become irritated and inflamed as they pass through the subacromial space, the passage beneath the acromion.

Commotio cordis (Latin, "agitation of the heart") is an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart (the precordial region), at a critical time during the cycle of a heart beat causing cardiac arrest.

The prevention of sudden death of athletes, defined as natural, unexpected, death within one hour of the onset of symptoms and subsequent cardiac arrest, remains a challenge.

Dementia pugilistica (DP) is a type of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease with features of dementia.

Barodontalgia, commonly known as tooth squeeze and previously known as aerodontalgia, is a pain in tooth caused by a change in atmospheric pressure.

Stretching is a major factor in the procedure of cooling down.

Patellar dislocation is an injury of the knee, typically caused by a direct blow or a sudden twist of the leg.