Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine - 5th Edition by Lorin A Cartwright & Kimberly S Peer (Hardcover)

About the Book

Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Fifth Edition, provides a clear understanding of the functions, skills, and activities performed by certified athletic trainers. This book helps students evaluate the possibility of a career as a sports medicine professional.

Book Synopsis

This textbook offers a well-rounded introduction to the fields of sports medicine and athletic training. In an engaging full-color layout, it addresses common injuries and illnesses often encountered in the field, and it explains the professional and administrative aspects of being an athletic trainer or sports medicine specialist. Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Fifth Edition With Web Resource, provides students with foundational knowledge and skills as well as the opportunity to explore the possibility of sports medicine as a career.

Topics covered in this text correspond to the National Athletic Trainers' Association's secondary-level sports medicine course description. While each unit in the text can stand alone, the topics are progressive in nature. Students will first obtain a knowledge of human anatomy and the physiology of injury and tissue healing before learning about various types of injuries, conditions, and illnesses. The text then addresses the fundamentals of rehabilitation, injury prevention, and return-to-play criteria, including psychological aspects.

The fifth edition covers the latest developments in athletic training regarding treatment, care, and prevention of injuries; administration; and certification. Updated and expanded content includes information on head injury diagnosis and management, new treatment modalities, new taping techniques, and the effects of therapeutic, recreational, and performance-enhancing drug use.

Other learning-friendly features in this edition include the following:

• Red Flags, which warn of potentially hazardous situations
• What Would You Do If . . . features, which present students with complex scenarios to test their decision making in life-threatening situations
• The Real World features, which share actual experiences from practicing sports medicine professionals
• A robust teacher guide with activities, assignments, and tests to support classroom instruction
• A student web resource with 28 step-by-step worksheets for performing specific tasks, activities that provide hands-on experience, and a semester-long project for building practical skills

Authors Cartwright and Peer provide comprehensive coverage of topics in 35 chapters, organized into nine units; a glossary; an index; and an exhaustive list of updated references that attests to the authoritativeness of the information provided. Fundamentals of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Fifth Edition, is a thorough guide for students to understand the scope of the role as well as the skills and expertise necessary to embark on the path to a career in sports medicine.

About the Author

Lorin A. Cartwright, MS, ATC, has extensive experience in all aspects of instruction of student athletic trainers. She was the first woman to graduate from Grand Valley State University with a degree in athletic training, and she went on to earn a master's degree in education from the University of Michigan. She was the head athletic trainer, assistant principal, and athletic director at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she served for more than 32 years. She was an adjunct professor in athletic training at the University of Michigan for three years and also taught at Eastern Michigan University and Concordia University.

Cartwright was also the first woman to serve as president of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA). She was appointed by the governor of Michigan to the Michigan Board of Athletic Trainers and the state's Task Force on Women in Sports. She has been an active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, recent cochair of the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and is currently working on the NATA Honors and Awards Committee.

Highly regarded in her field, Cartwright received NATA's Gail Weldon Award of Excellence in 2022. She was also the recipient of NATA's Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2018, GLATA's Golden Pinnacle Award in 2016, and GLATA's Outstanding Educator Award in 2010. She has been inducted into the Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Hall of Fame, the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society Hall of Fame, the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame, and the National Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame.

Kimberly S. Peer, EdD, ATC, FNATA, FNAP, is a full professor in the athletic training department at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. She holds a doctorate in higher education administration with a cognate in health care management from the University of Akron. She teaches in the areas of professional development, ethics for health care providers, education and supervision, and scientific writing. Before coming to Kent State University, Peer was on the faculty of University of Mount Union (formerly Mount Union College) and served as the director of the Academy for Health and Sport Science and as coordinator for sports medicine at the Rehabilitation and Health Center. Prior to beginning her clinical and academic positions, Peer received her master's degree in athletic training from Western Michigan University and her bachelor's degree from Kent State University.

In addition to having served as the editor in chief for the Athletic Training Education Journal, Peer serves on the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Executive Council for Education and the NATA Committee on Professional Ethics. She also serves on the Board of Certification (BOC) Standards Committee. Her statewide service includes the governor's appointment to the Ohio licensure board and over 12 years of leadership service, including as president of the Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association (OATA).

Peer is a fellow of the NATA and a distinguished scholar fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP). She is a member of the NATA Hall of Fame (2024 class), was awarded NATA's Gail Weldon Award of Excellence in 2023, and received NATA's Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award. In addition, she was inducted into the OATA Hall of Fame in 2012 and earned the Dan Libera Service Award from the BOC in 2014. She has also been lauded with other national, regional, and state-level awards for her contributions to the profession and to athletic training education, including NATA's Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator Award, GLATA's Outstanding Educator Award, and OATA's Linda Weber Daniel Outstanding Mentor Award. She has published and presented extensively on ethics education and pedagogy, and she has coauthored textbooks on professional ethics and fundamentals in athletic training.