ATRN 5401 - Advanced Clinical Practice IV: Throwing Injuries

1 credit hour

This course is designed to enhance the athletic trainers’ knowledge and awareness of musculoskeletal injuries in the overhead-throwing athlete. Following this course, the athletic trainer will be able to describe the kinetics and kinematics of overhead throwing, discuss the epidemiology of throwing injuries, describe the major theories of throwing shoulder dysfunction, implement injury prevention programs for throwers, and diagnose and treat common musculoskeletal injuries in the overhead-throwing athlete. None