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The NCE is intended to measure a Certification Candidate's knowledge, skills, and attitudes in all aspects of the profession of Athletic Therapy including: pre-hospital emergency assessment and management, orthopaedic injury assessment, contemporary rehabilitation techniques (therapeutic modalities, manual therapy, therapeutic exercise ...
The International Sports Sciences Association was founded in 1988, when, "recognizing the need for standardization and credibility, Dr. Sal Arria and Dr. Frederick Hatfield created a personal fitness training program to merge gym experience with practical and applied sciences."
Certified Personal Trainer (CPT): NASM's flagship certification program, which covers client assessments, program design, human movement science, and basic nutrition. Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES): A certification for professionals workingwith athletes to improve performance using exercise science and sports psychology.
Athletic training is an allied health care profession recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) [1] that "encompasses the prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of emergent, acute, or chronic injuries and medical conditions."
It focuses on decreasing the number and/or severity of injuries by educating trainers, coaches and the general public on sports safety, and by collecting, analyzing and researching injury data. In 2004, the NCSS in conjunction with the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), launched a comprehensive sports safety course called PREPARE ...
Cyclists may be trained and assessed by exercise physiologists to optimize performance. [1]Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise.It is one of the allied health professions, and involves the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise.
The nonprofit association, based in Alexandria, Virginia, seeks to improve the health and quality of life of individuals in society by advancing physical therapist practice, education, and research, and by increasing the awareness and understanding of physical therapy's role in the nation's health care system.
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE, pronounced /'nɒxsi/ NOKH-see) is a nonprofit standards organization which develops standards for the manufacture of certain protective athletic equipment in the sports of baseball, football, hockey, lacrosse, and polo.