Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training

Julie N. Bernier, EdD, ATC is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Plymouth State University. She previously served as Associate VP for Academic Affairs, department chair of Health and Human Performance and Director of graduate and undergraduate athletic training at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH, where she has been since 1988. Julie received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Keene State College in New Hampshire and her doctorate from the University of Virginia. She has previously served on the editorial board of the Journal of Athletic Training and on numerous NATA and NATA-REF committees. In her other life, she is a potter. Linda S. Levy, EdD, ATC is the Athletic Training Education Program Director and chair of the Department of Health & Human Performance at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. A graduate of Keene State College (NH) with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Levy earned her doctorate at Argosy University (FL) in Educational Leadership. Her athletic training experience includes working at Rensselaer Institute of Technology, Regis College, and Hanover High School before fulfilling her goal of becoming an athletic training educator at Plymouth State University. Her teaching areas of interest include lower extremity injury assessment and athletic training administration, while her scholarly concentration involves athletic training clinical supervision. She has served on the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research and Education Foundation Scholarship Committee, the Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) Scholarship Committee, and the EATA Quiz Bowl Committee, and is currently a mentor on the National Athletic Trainers’ Student Committee.

Dedication Acknowledgements About the Editors Introduction Appendix 1: Medical Roots Terminology Appendix 2: Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix 3: Symbols Appendix 4: Anatomical Terms of Orientation and Direction Appendix 5: Muscles—Origin, Insertion, Action Appendix 6: Manual Muscle Testing Appendix 7: Normal Joint Ranges of Motion Appendix 8: Cranial Nerves and Assessment Appendix 9: Concussion Assessment Appendix 10: Nerve Root Assessment—Upper Extremity Appendix 11: Nerve Root Assessment—Lower Extremity Appendix 12: Evidence-Based Research Appendix 13: Peripheral Nerve Innervations— Upper Extremity Appendix 14: Peripheral Nerve Innervations—Lower Extremity Appendix 15: Grades of Pain Appendix 16: End Feel Appendix 17: Joint Mobility Positioning Appendix 18: Special Tests Appendix 19: Pharmacology Appendix 20: NATA Code of Ethics Bibliography