The industrial athlete?

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Thomas L. Sevier, | Julie K. Wilson, | Bob Helfst,

Affiliations: Central Indiana Sports Medicine, 3600 West Bethel Avenue, Muncie, IN~47304, USA | Performance Dynamics, 3713 South Madison Street, Muncie, IN 47302, USA

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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).

Keywords: industrial athlete, sports medicine, rehabilitation, SAID

Journal: Work, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 203-207, 2000