Types, causes and treatment of common sporting injuries

Which of the following best describes an acute injury in the context of sport?

• Occurs suddenly due to trauma when playing sport

• Broken arm

• Injury that develops over time due to repeated stress

• An injury that occurs only in joints

What does RICE stand for?

• Raise, insulate, compress, expand

• Restrict, instruct, collect,elevate

• Rest, ice, compression, elevation

• Rest, incline, compression, evaluation

Which of the following can be classed as soft tissue injuries?

• Tendons

• Bones

• Muscle

• Teeth

What is tendonitis an example of?

• Cramp

• Chronic injury

• Contusions

• Acute injury

• Abrasion

What determines if a fracture is open or closed?

• The amount of damage to the surrounding tissue and how considerable the break is

• The direction in which the break occurred

• If it needs to be treated by RICE or not

• If it is chronic or acute

Which of the following is not a symptom of concussion?

• Brusing

• Memory loss

• Headache

• Vomiting

• Loss of consciousness

How would you treat an abrasion?

• Wash and leave to dry out

• Wash and cover with bandage

• Leave it open to heal

• X-ray to determine extent of damage

True or False: You are more likely to develop a blister in cold weather.

• True

• False

How does Osgood-Schlatter's disease cause harm?

• Causes abrasions to heal slower

• Causes knee pains from repeated impact injuries

• Causes knee pains from growth spurts

• Weakens bones, making them more likely to fracture

Which injury would RICE not be appropriate?

• Soft tissue damage

• Fracture

• Contusions

• Tendonitis

• Sever's Disease