Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine 5th Edition Ebook

Description Table of Contents Author Ancillaries Excerpts This textbook offers a well-rounded introduction to the fields of sports medicine and athletic training. In an engaging full-color layout, it addresses common injuries and illnesses often encountered in the field, and it explains the professional and administrative aspects of being an athletic trainer or sports medicine specialist. Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Fifth Edition With Web Resource, provides students with foundational knowledge and skills as well as the opportunity to explore the possibility of sports medicine as a career.Topics covered in this text correspond to the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s secondary-level sports medicine course description. While each unit in the text can stand alone, the topics are progressive in nature. Students will first obtain a knowledge of human anatomy and the physiology of injury and tissue healing before learning about various types of injuries,