A generalizability theory study of athletic taping using the Technical Skill Assessment Instrument.

Context: Athletic taping skills are highly valued clinical competencies in the athletic therapy and training profession. The Technical Skill Assessment Instrument (TSAI) has been content validated and tested for intrarater reliability.

Objective: To test the reliability of the TSAI using a more robust measure of reliability, generalizability theory, and to hypothetically and mathematically project the optimal number of raters and scenarios to reliably measure athletic taping skills in the future.

A Generalizability Theory Study of Athletic Taping Using the Technical Skill Assessment Instrument.

Context : Athletic taping skills are highly valued clinical competencies in the athletic therapy and training profession. The Technical Skill Assessment Instrument (TSAI) has been content validated and tested for intrarater reliability. Objective : To test the reliability of the TSAI using a more robust measure of reliability, generalizability theory, and to hypothetically and mathematically project the optimal number of raters and scenarios to reliably measure athletic taping skills in the future.

Retrospective review of pectoralis major ruptures in rodeo steer wrestlers.

Background. Pectoralis major tendon ruptures have been reported in the literature as occupational injuries, accidental injuries, and sporting activities. Few cases have been reported with respect to rodeo activities.

Utilization and cost of a new model of care for managing acute knee injuries: the Calgary Acute Knee Injury Clinic.

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect a large proportion of the Canadian population and present a huge problem that continues to strain primary healthcare resources. Currently, the Canadian healthcare system depicts a clinical care pathway for MSDs that is inefficient and ineffective. Therefore, a new inter-disciplinary team-based model of care for managing acute knee injuries was developed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: the Calgary Acute Knee Injury Clinic (C-AKIC).

Rodeo catastrophic injuries and registry: initial retrospective and prospective report.

Objective: To introduce the Rodeo Catastrophic Injury Registry (RCIR) and quantify the nature and incidence of catastrophic injury and fatality in rodeo participants across North America.

Design: Retrospective and prospective collection of catastrophic and fatal injury data in rodeo using an online registry (RCIR).

Setting: Canada and the United States.

Initial reliability of the Standardized Orthopedic Assessment Tool (SOAT).

Context: Orthopaedic assessment skills are critical to the success of athletic therapists and trainers. The Standardized Orthopedic Assessment Tool (SOAT) has been content validated.

Objective: To establish interrater reliability of the SOAT.

Development of content-valid technical skill assessment instruments for athletic taping skills.

Background And Purpose: The content validity of technical skill assessment instruments (TSAI) for the skills of athletic taping has not been reported. The purpose of this paper is to outline and present the process of content validation for nine TSAIs for athletic taping. Local and national validators were selected from Canadian Athletic Therapists' Association (CATA)-accredited athletic therapy (AT) programs to serve as content validators.

Bull riding injuries in professional rodeo: data for prevention and care.

Unlabelled: Recent tragedies in bull riding have highlighted the need for prospective epidemiologic investigation of injury patterns.

Objective: To document the frequency, type, severity, anatomic location, and mechanism of injury to bull riders participating in professional rodeo in Canada.

Design: Five-year prospective cohort study examining 4,375 competitor exposures during bull riding events at selected rodeos.

Epidemiologic analysis of injury in five years of Canadian professional rodeo.

Longitudinal studies of rodeo injuries are rare. We prospectively investigated injuries in professional rodeo in Canada over a 5-year period. Our specific interests included injury incidence density in specific rodeo events, risk factors such as past injury, and the incidence of head injury.

Effect of experience on rodeo injury.

Objectives: To document injury rates, severity, and relative risk during five competitive seasons of Canadian professional rodeo, between experienced (saddle bronc [SB], bareback [BB], and bull riders [BR]) and inexperienced (novice saddle bronc [NSB], novice bareback [NBB], and boys' steer riders [BSR]) rough stock competitors.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Canadian professional rodeo competition.