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Athletic Injuries ATC 222. Protective Sports Equipment Chapter 6. Legal Concerns. Reputable manufacturer Best equipment possible Assembled correctly Proper Maintenance Use only for intended purpose Warn athletes of use and risk. Legal Concerns (Cont.).
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Athletic Injuries ATC 222 Protective Sports Equipment Chapter 6
Legal Concerns • Reputable manufacturer • Best equipment possible • Assembled correctly • Proper Maintenance • Use only for intended purpose • Warn athletes of use and risk
Legal Concerns (Cont.) • Use caution in construction/modification • No defective equipment • Regular updates/inspection
Purpose of Protective Equipment • Shock/Force • Absorb • Disperse • Weapon?
Head Protection • Football helmet • Types • suspended (old) • padded • combination • NOCSAE • Fitting on page 135
Head Protection • Ice Hockey • Canadian Standards Association • Puck and higher speeds • Baseball • NOCSAE
Face Protection • Face guards • football • ice hockey • baseball • lacrosse
Mouth Protection • Mouth Guard Types • Ready-made stock • Commercial (boil and bite) • Custom fitted
Ear Protection • Wrestling • Boxing • What is this condition?
Eye Protection • Goggles • Eye Glasses/Corrective lenses • case hardened • plastic lenses • photochromic
Neck Protection • Neck rolls • “Cowboy Collar”
Shoulder Protection • Shoulder Pad Types • flat • cantilever • Fitting on pages 141-142 • Customized foam pads • Rib protectors
Shoe Wear • Critical Parts • last (stiffness and shape) • heel counter • toe box • length • width at metatarsal heads and at sole • bend of shoe • achilles pad
Inserts/Orthotics • full insole • sorbothane • arch supports • heel cups • custom fabricated orthotics
Ankle bracing • lace-up vs. elastic • bracing vs. taping
Miscellaneous • Neopreme sleeves/straps • patello-femoral syndrome • Osgood-Schlatter’s • Flak Jacket • Fabrication of Equipment • foam/felt • heat moldable