The industrial athlete?
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Determining the Contribution of the Energy Systems During Exercise
Published on: March 20, 2012
Thomas L. Sevier1, Julie K. Wilson, Bob Helfst
1Central Indiana Sports Medicine, 3600 West Bethel Avenue, Muncie, IN~47304, USA.
Abstract:
Many similarities can be drawn between the athletic and industrial population. It is time for a shift in the approach toward injured workers utilizing a sports medicine perspective. We must think of workers as industrial athletes and recognize that the sports medicine model can be appropriately adapted to the injured worker. This model includes prevention, early intervention/identification, training and conditioning, and progressive treatment. Sports medicine rehabilitation concepts include treating the entire kinetic chain that is associated with a specific injury and the SAID principle (Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands).
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