Injuries 0.0 / 5 ? Physical EducationExercise physiologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: beccabuckingham1Created on: 17-04-18 20:40 What is an acute injury? Occurs suddenly during activity 1 of 19 What are the symptoms of acute injuries? Sudden pain, swelling, can't bear weight, restricted movement, protruding bone 2 of 19 What is a simple/closed fracture? Clean break that doesn't penetrate through the skin 3 of 19 What is a compound/open fracture? Soft tissue or skin is damaged, more risk of infection 4 of 19 What is a comminuted fracture? Breaks in 3 or more places 5 of 19 What is a spiral fracture? Winding break 6 of 19 What is a longitudinal fracture? Occurs along the length of the bone 7 of 19 What is a buckle fracture? Occurs in children when bone deforms but doesn't break 8 of 19 What is a hairline fracture? Partial fracture of bone that is difficult to detect 9 of 19 What is a greenstick fracture? Occurs in children where break occurs down one side of bone, not a full break 10 of 19 What is a strain? A torn muscle- muscle fibres are stretched too far and tear 11 of 19 What is a dislocation? End of the bone becomes dislodged at the joint 12 of 19 What is a sprain? Ligament is stretched too far and tears 13 of 19 What is a chronic injury? Caused from playing sport and occurs over a long period of time 14 of 19 What are the symptoms of chronic injury? Pain when using, dull ache when resting, swelling 15 of 19 What is tendonitis? Over-use injury that causes pain and inflammation at tendon- achilles tendon 16 of 19 What is a stress fracture? Over-use injury where area becomes swollen and tender- muscle becomes fatigued and transfers the stress to the bone causing a tiny crack 17 of 19 What is tennis elbow? Muscles and tendons in elbow become inflamed and tiny tears occur- pain is felt on outside of elbow 18 of 19 What is the medical name for tennis elbow? Lateral epicondylitis 19 of 19
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