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What term describes the objective loss of musculoskeletal function?
Injury
What term describes the subjective experience of pain due to injury?
Trauma
What is calculated by multiplying the likelihood of injury by the severity of injury?
Magnitude of injury risk (accept magnitude)
What type of training improves bone density?
Resistance training (accept resistance)
Which internal risk factor for injury relates to an athlete's previous sport experiences?
History
What type of risk factor for injury is an athlete's playing position?
External risk factor (accept external)
Athletes of which sex are at a higher risk for concussion?
Female
Athletes of which sex are at a higher risk for overall injury?
Male
What term describes athletes' physiological differences that are present from birth?
Congenital factors
What type of playing surface is associated with a higher risk of sports injury?
Artificial playing surface (accept artificial)
What term describes a sports injury that develops slowly over time?
Chronic injury
What type of sports injury occurs immediately on impact?
Acute injury
Which sports injury is associated with a cut to the skin or muscle?
Laceration
What type of sports injury is the most common when playing on artificial turf?
Abrasion injuries (accept "turf burn")
Which sports injury is associated with a compressive force of collision?
Contusion
Which sports injury is associated with overstretched tendons, ligaments, or muscles?
Strain
