Intermediate Sports Medicine: Final Review #3

The ability of muscles to sustain high intensity, aerobic exercise.

• Muscular strength
• Flexibility
• Muscular endurance
• Power

____-twitch fibers can contract rapidly and forcefully, but they also fatigue rapidly.

• Fast
• Slow
• Motor
• Atrophy

In static stretching, the position should be held for ____.

• 5 to 10 seconds
• 10 to 20 seconds
• 20 to 30 seconds
• 1 minute

Too much stress ____.

• can be healthy
• can hinder performance
• can help the athlete increase awareness
• help to improve performance

An AED (automated ____ _____) is a device about the size of a textbook that analyzes the heart's rhythm for any abnormalities.

• external defibrillator
• equivalent defibrillator
• electronic docket
• equivalent docket

In the secondary injury survey, you should ____ first.

• Expose the injury
• obtain a history
• perform physical exam
• Palpate joints

The upper arm bone is also called the:

• Clavicle
• Radius
• Humerus
• Ulna

Cryotherapy modalities include ____.

• Ultrasound Diathermy
• Contrast Therapy
• Hydroculator packs
• Cold water compression

Cold decreases feeling in an area by reducing the ability of the ____ to conduct impulses.

• Skin
• tendons
• bones
• nerve endings

Application time for an ice pack should not exceed ____ minutes.

• 10
• 12
• 15
• 20