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Searching for one quick reference for all of your athletic training needs? Looking for quick answers to questions that can be encountered daily in the profession? Need quick access to thousands of terms related to the field? The expanded and updated second edition of ""Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training"" contains all this and morel Pocket size, comprehensive, and user-friendly, this companion guide is essential for students and professionals in athletic training. Dr. Julie N. Bernier has taken over 2,100 terms and made them accessible in one book - no longer will you need to search multiple textbooks. Also included are 20 appendices on revised and new topics such as manual muscle testing and joint mobility positioning. The appendices include: the appendix on manual muscle testing includes photos and descriptions of manual muscle testing positioning and examiner stabilization, which will aid in the proper execution of the test; the appendix on special tests provides illustrations and descriptions of orthopedic special tests such as shoulder, elbow, spine, knee, and foot/ankle; two appendices on peripheral nerve innervations-upper and lower extremity-include anatomical images that will assist the reader in visualizing the three dimensionality and location of peripheral nerve innervations; plus 17 additional appendices on pertinent athletic training topics! Some of the additional appendices are: Medical Roots Terminology; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Pharmacology; and Muscles-Origins, Insertion, Action. ""Quick Reference Dictionary for Athletic Training, Second Edition"", with both text and visual references, provides the athletic training student and professional with a quick overview of the essential elements of injury assessment in the field.

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There is much benefit to be derived from cover to cover. I commend Dr. Bernier's effort and would recommend this as a must have for all students entering the athletic training field. <br><br> - John C. McGee, PT, MPT, OCS, ATC, Journal of Athletic Training<br>

.. .very convenient for athletic trainers to consult while working with clients. It is also a unique work; most books on athletic training are textbooks. Few, if any, are reference books. This work fills a niche by serving the needs of athletic trainers who require an accessible and concise resource. - Danielle Marie Carlock, American Reference Books Annual There is much benefit to be derived from cover to cover. I commend Dr. Bernier's effort and would recommend this as a must have for all students entering the athletic training field. - John C. McGee, PT, MPT, OCS, ATC, Journal of Athletic Training . ..very convenient for athletic trainers to consult while working with clients. It is also a unique work; most books on athletic training are textbooks. Few, if any, are reference books. This work fills a niche by serving the needs of athletic trainers who require an accessible and concise resource. - Danielle Marie Carlock, American Reference Books Annual

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Julie N. Bernier, EdD, ATC Julie N. Bernier, EdD, ATC is the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Plymouth State University. She previously served as 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 serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Athletic Training and has served on numerous NATA and NATA-REF committees. In her other life she is a potter and also enjoys building furniture.

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