National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Athletic Trainers' Concussion-Management Practice Patterns

National Athletic Trainers' Association position statement: management of sport concussion.

OBJECTIVE To provide athletic trainers, physicians, and other health care professionals with best-practice guidelines for the management of sport-related concussions. BACKGROUND An estimated 3.8 million concussions occur each year in the United States as a result of sport and physical activity. Athletic trainers are commonly the first medical providers available onsite to identify and evaluat...

National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Management of Sport-Related Concussion.

Kevin M. Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC, FACSM; Scott L. Bruce, MS, ATC; Robert C. Cantu, MD, FACSM; Michael S. Ferrara, PhD, ATC; James P. Kelly, MD; Michael McCrea, PhD; Margot Putukian, MD, FACSM; and Tamara C. Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, CSCS, contributed to conception and design, acquisition and analysis and interpretation of the data; and drafting, critical revision, and final approval of the articl...

Assessing strategies to manage work and life balance of athletic trainers working in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I setting.

CONTEXT Certified athletic trainers (ATs) working at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level experience challenges balancing their professional and personal lives. However, an understanding of the strategies ATs use to promote a balance between their professional and personal lives is lacking. OBJECTIVE To identify the strategies ATs employed in the Division I setting us...

School nurses and athletic trainers team up on concussion management.

Bilateral tarsal coalition in a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I basketball player: a case report.

OBJECTIVE To present a case of bilateral subtalar joint coalition in a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I basketball player and the treatment plan that was used to manage the coalition from the beginning of conference play through the postseason. BACKGROUND A 20-year-old male basketball athlete (height = 182.8 cm, mass = 83.4 kg) presented with bilateral subtalar joint tarsal...