Unit 12: Upper Body Musculoskeletal Injuries
1. A basketball player is hit on the end of her thumb with the ball. The thumb does not have a deformity, but the athlete is in a great deal of pain. Which of the following symptoms and signs would lead you to send for emergency medical assistance?
a. She has pain when you tap the end of her thumb. b. She is experiencing shock. c. She has disrupted circulation in her thumb. d. all of the above e. b and c
2. An athlete who has tennis elbow will have pain when trying to lift objects with the palm up.
a. true b. false
3. A pectoral muscle strain could be caused by
a. using incorrect weightlifting technique b. swinging a racket with the arm only c. throwing sidearm d. all of the above e b and c
4. What can be done to help prevent rhomboid strains in tennis players?
a. Strengthen the upper back. b. Stretch the chest muscles. C. Reduce lattisimus dorsi flexibility. d. a and b e. a and c
1.d.all the above as the continously pain may be an indication of tear, the individual may experience shock if the nerve injury transmits to the the spinal cord and brain, the circulation would be disrupted if the tendons of hand would have jammed the vessels.
2.True as wrist extensor are irritated and inflamed in people. The reason is the muscles and tendons used to stabilise the wrist are the wrist flexor but here with athletes becomes wrist extensor thus creating pain even when they carry the simple objects in their palms.
3. D. All the above is the answers as pectoral muscle strain is caused when an individual uses the muscle in his daily activities, sudden lifting, during sports or works which causes inflammation tear of muscles or tendons in pectoral region makes person to have chest pain and breathing difficulties.