Explore the most common and frequently applied taping, bracing, and casting procedures in clinical practice.
The premier text for athletic taping and bracing is back in an expanded fifth edition.
Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting, Fifth Edition, continues to set itself apart from the pack with superior photos and illustrations, precise step-by-step instructions, and pinpoint focus on the evidence-based techniques that athletic trainers and therapists are most likely to apply in clinical practice.
More than
600 photographs and medical illustrations will help readers visualize the taping, bracing, and casting procedures presented. Related online learning tools delivered via HK
Propel provide access to
57 videos of experts (10 new to this edition) performing each technique to support the mastery of skill application and
67 accompanying comprehension checklists to help readers ensure they are properly executing each step of the process.
The fifth edition has been updated with the latest research and references so clinicians can make decisions supported by evidence. Designed to be a hands-on resource, the print book lays flat for ease of use in a lab or clinical setting. The text follows a systematic approach for each major joint and body region, covering traditional taping as well as rigid strap taping, elastic kinesiology taping, and techniques for immobilization with casting and splinting.
With its
concise anatomical descriptions and
detailed anatomical illustrations similar to those normally found in advanced texts on anatomy,
Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting highlights the mechanisms of injury that are crucial for understanding effective and evidence-based strategies. To further support the practice, the book also presents basic stretching and strengthening exercises for injury rehabilitation. These exercises are illustrated for each body part and can be used in conjunction with the taping, bracing, and casting techniques to prevent injury and help rehabilitated patients maintain strength and flexibility and safely return to play.
The clear instructional guidance and robust visual support offered in
Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting, Fifth Edition, will allow both future and current health care professionals to build proficiency--and then mastery--of the performance of these techniques.
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David H. Perrin, PhD, FNATA, has over 40 years of experience as an athletic training educator, clinician, and researcher. He is dean emeritus of the College of Health and professor emeritus in the department of physical therapy and athletic training at the University of Utah. He previously served at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as dean of the School of Health and Human Performance and as provost and executive vice chancellor. Prior to that, Perrin directed the athletic training education program at the University of Virginia, where he founded the Sports Medicine and Athletic Training Research Laboratory.
His awards and honors from the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) include the Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator Award, the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award, the William G. Clancy Medal for Distinguished Athletic Training Research, induction into the NATA Hall of Fame, and the NATA Research and Education Foundation Lifetime Contribution Award. He also received the Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. For 13 years, he served as a member of the NATA Professional Education Committee, helping to write the guidelines for accreditation of both undergraduate and graduate athletic training education programs.
Perrin is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, National Academy of Kinesiology, and National Athletic Trainers' Association. He has served as editor in chief of the
Journal of Athletic Training and was the founding editor of the
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. He is author of
Isokinetic Exercise and Assessment, editor of the third edition of
The Injured Athlete, and coauthor of
Research Methods in Athletic Training.
Ian A. McLeod, PA-C, ATC, is an associate clinical professor and director of didactic education in the department of physician assistant studies at Northern Arizona University. Prior to joining Northern Arizona University, he worked clinically as a physician assistant at University Sports and Family Medicine, part of Dignity Health Medical Foundation. His expertise includes athletic training, sports medicine, and primary care.
McLeod is a member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, Arizona Athletic Trainers' Association, American Academy of Physician Associates, and Arizona State Association of Physician Assistants. He has extensive experience working with world-class athletes. McLeod has served on the medical staff supporting athletes competing in the Winter X Games and was a member of the U.S. team's medical staff at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. He remains involved with USA Swimming's High Performance Network and received the organization's highest honor, the Gold Standard Award. He is the author of
Swimming Anatomy.
