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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Data may include: | incidence severity prevalence cause types of injuries. |
Injuries may include: | primary or secondary direct or indirect acute or overuse musculoskeletal. |
Risk factors may include: | personal and internal factors extrinsic factors equipment used gender age weight fitness level. |
Relevant legislation may include: | Occupational Health and Safety duty of care privacy codes of practice fair trading. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | Occupational Health and Safety emergency procedures risk management use of client record systems collection and use of client information equipment use and maintenance client supervision incident reporting client screening procedures client referral procedures. |
Preventative measures may include: | screening physical conditioning protective equipment hydration and nutrition. |
Medical or allied health professionals may include: | sports physician sports doctor general practitioner physiotherapist accredited exercise physiologist occupational therapist remedial massage therapist chiropractor osteopath accredited practising dietician psychologist aboriginal health worker. |
Prevention strategies may include: | pre-exercise, warm-up and stretching neural stretching protective equipment recovery strategies and physical conditioning frequency and duration of participation correction of technique adequate rehabilitation following injury appropriate management of previous injury. |
Stakeholders may include: | clients fitness professionals and centre owners coaches parents or caregivers medical or allied health professionals. |
Facilities and equipment may include: | exercise specific equipment first aid kit environment protective equipment. |
Best practice guidelines may include: | guidelines for fitness trainers Code of Ethics Code of Conduct. |
Clients may include: | young or aged experienced or inexperienced. |
Range of movement may include: | joint specific muscle specific passive range active range functional range joint and muscle specific tests equipment: flexometer goniometer electronic |
Major joints may include: | intervertebral glenohumeral elbow radiocarpal sacroiliac hip (coxal) tibiofemoral patello-femoral ankle |
Postural appraisal may include: | visual observation appraisals using appropriate equipment joint mobility: joint specific range of movement tests for specific joints segmental mobility of vertebral sections active range passive range functional range hypo and or hyper mobile joints contra lateral symptoms muscular strength: tests for specific muscles and or muscle groups functional strength relative strength muscular endurance: tests for specific muscles and or muscle groups functional endurance functional tests: squat single leg squat single arm push up special tests postural screening equipment: plumb line grid photographic technology video analysis tape measure goniometer flexometer plurimeter pressure biofeedback unit. |
Functional anatomy of the joints may include: | glenohumeral: bones: humerus scapula clavicle ligaments: corocohumeral corococlavicular glenohumeral transverse humeral related structures: subscapular bursa subacromial bursa subdeltoid bursa subcorocoid bursa muscles acting on the joint elbow: bones: humerus ulna radius ligaments: ulnar collateral radial collateral related structures: olecranon bursa muscles acting on the joint lumbo-sacral: bones: 5th lumbar vertebrae 1st vertebrae of sacrum ligaments muscles acting on the joint intervertebral: bones: vertebral bodies ligaments muscles acting on the joint hip (coxal): bones: femur hip ligaments: pubofemoral iliofemoral ischiofemoral transverse ligament of acetabulum ligament of head of femur muscles acting on the joint knee (tibiofemoral and or patellofemoral): bones: tibia femur patella ligaments: patella oblique popliteal arcuate popliteal tibial collateral fibular collateral posterior cruciate anterior cruciate related structures: tendons of the quadriceps femoris and facia latae medial meniscus lateral meniscus prepatellar bursa intrapatellar bursa suprapatellar bursa muscles acting on the joint ankle (talocrucal): bones: talus tibia fibula ligaments: deltoid anterior talofibial posterior talofibial calcaneofibular related structures: achilles tendon muscles acting on the joint |
Bony landmarks may include: | mastoid process spinous process of the vertebrae spine of the scapula inferior angle of the scapula acromion process coracoid process xiphoid process lateral epicondyle of humerus head of the radius styloid process olecranon process umbilicus anterior superior iliac spine posterior superior iliac spine iliac crest ischial tuberosity greater trochanter lateral femoral condyle medial epicondyle lateral epicondyle superior border of the patella inferior border of the patella lateral malleolus medial malleolus calcaneous. |
Posture may include: | static dynamic standing sitting supine specific observations of standing posture: head and neck thoracic spine rib cage shoulder position scapula position elbow position lumbar spine pelvis abdominals femur knee patella foot position. |
Locomotive movements may include: | walking jogging running. |
Biomechanics of movement may include: | levers loads fulcrum movement arms muscle actions centre of gravity base of support balance stability equilibrium. |
Gait observation may include: | view: anterior posterior lateral gait cycle: stance phase swing phase flight phase double stance phase evaluation: ankle foot tibia knee pelvis trunk head arm foot cycle: foot strike mid-stance toe off evaluation of: sequence of movement at each joint sequence of muscle actions efficiency of movement method: visual analysis video analysis. |
Postural variances may include: | structural functional. |